scleroid

[skleer-oid, skler-]

scle·roid

[skleer-oid, skler-]
adjective Biology.
hard or indurated.

Origin:
1855–60; scler- + -oid
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Scleroid is always a great word to know.
So is metamorphosis. Does it mean:
reproduction in which the offspring resemble the parents and undergo the same cycle of development
profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and then to the adult butterfly
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World English Dictionary
scleroid (ˈsklɪərɔɪd)
 
adj
(of organisms and their parts) hard or hardened

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scleroid scle·roid (sklēr'oid')
adj.
Hard or hardened.

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