"exoskeleton" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-exoskeleton.wav Forms: exoskeletons [plural], exoskeleta [plural]
Etymology: From exo- + skeleton. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|exo|skeleton}} exo- + skeleton Head templates: {{en-noun|+|exoskeleta}} exoskeleton (plural exoskeletons or exoskeleta)
  1. (anatomy) A hard outer structure that provides both structure and protection to creatures such as insects and Crustacea. Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (hard outer structure): huidskelet (Afrikaans), هَيْكَل خَارِجِيّ (haykal ḵārijiyy) (Arabic), exocadarma [feminine] (Asturian), exoesqueletu [masculine] (Asturian), ezrelegenn (Breton), exosquelet [masculine] (Catalan), 外骨骼 (wàigǔgé) (Chinese Mandarin), exoskelet [masculine] (Czech), eksoskeleto (Esperanto), välisskelett (Estonian), eksoskelett (Estonian), ulkoinen tukiranka (Finnish), exosquelette [masculine] (French), Exoskelett [neuter] (German), εξωσκελετός (exoskeletós) [masculine] (Greek), (külső/viselhető/hordható) robotváz (Hungarian), exoszkeleton (Hungarian), exoskeleto (Ido), rangka luar (Indonesian), eksoskeleton (Indonesian), esoscheletro [masculine] (Italian), 外骨格 (gaikokkaku) (alt: がいこっかく) (Japanese), 외골격 (oegolgyeok) (Korean), egzoskeletas [masculine] (Lithuanian), angawaho (Maori), szkielet zewnętrzny [masculine] (Polish), egzoszkielet [masculine] (Polish), exosqueleto [masculine] (Portuguese), exoesqueleto [masculine] (Portuguese), экзоскеле́т (ekzoskelét) [masculine] (Russian), egzoskelet [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), exoskelet [masculine] (Slovak), zunanji skelet (Slovene), eksoskelet (Slovene), exoesqueleto [masculine] (Spanish), dermatoesqueleto [masculine] (Spanish), kalansay-panlabas (Tagalog), dış iskelet (Turkish), bộ xương ngoài (Vietnamese), sgerbwd allanol [masculine] (Welsh), allsgerbwd [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. A wearable robotic machine used for aided or augmented mobility.
    Sense id: en-exoskeleton-en-noun-5DX5w2ji Categories (other): English terms prefixed with exo- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with exo-: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: exoskeletal, semiexoskeleton Related terms: carapace (english: often meronymous)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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