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exoskeletonHardened external skeleton of insects, spiders, crabs, and other arthropods. It provides attachment for muscles and protection for the internal organs, as well as support. To permit growth it is periodically shed in a process called ecdysis. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Chemical coats Chemicals from the exoskeletons of invasive Argentine ants gave scientists some insight into how the insects recognize each other and suggested possible new strategies for controlling them (170: 222). The loosening of the cage of the nation's social morality had one meaning, therefore, among America's endo-skeletons, but another darker meaning among America's exoskeletons. Shelley Cox, the lab supervisor, holds up tubs of tiny snail shells, beetle exoskeletons, twigs and bones. |
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