Term: exoskeleton: 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
Broader: skeletal system: the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal | Unrelated: purine: a colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen; the parent compound of various biologically important substances
Broader: skeletal system: the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal | Unrelated: mexican juniper: small tree of western Texas and mountains of Mexico having spreading branches with drooping branchlets
Broader: skeletal system: the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal | Unrelated: streptopelia turtur: the common European wild dove noted for its plaintive cooing
Broader: skeletal system: the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal | Unrelated: bartender: an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
Broader: skeletal system: the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal | Unrelated: elm: hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture
Broader: skeletal system: the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal | Unrelated: mush: a journey by dogsled
Broader: skeletal system: the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal | Unrelated: santalum: parasitic trees of Indonesia and Malaysia
Broader: skeletal system: the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal | Unrelated: rock cress: any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis
Broader: skeletal system: the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal | Unrelated: telecommunication: (often plural) the branch of electrical engineering concerned with the technology of electronic communication at a distance
Broader: skeletal system: the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal | Unrelated: goose down: down of the goose