exoskeleton

1. 1.

   the exterior protective or supporting structure or shell of many animals (especially invertebrates) including bony or horny parts such as nails or scales or hoofs

   Broaderskeletal systembody covering

   Narrowerplastron

   invertebrate

Other forms of exoskeleton

plural

exoskeletons·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about exoskeleton

What does exoskeleton mean?

exoskeleton means "the exterior protective or supporting structure or shell of many animals (especially invertebrates) including bony or horny parts such as nails or scales or hoofs".

How many syllables are in exoskeleton?

exoskeleton has 5 syllables: ex-o-skel-e-ton. The stress falls on "skel". In IPA it is /ˌɛksoʊˈskɛlətən/.

Is exoskeleton a common word?

exoskeleton is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with exoskeleton?

1 word rhymes with exoskeleton. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.