Assertion: exoskeleton | /r/HasProperty | shell
Facets:
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The exoskeleton is a hard covering or shell that provides benefits to the animal, such as protection against damage from predators and from water loss (for land animals); it also provides for the attachments of muscles.
text: The exoskeleton of molluscs (their ‘shell’) is predominately made of calcium and silica for diatoms.
text: In arthropods, such as insects, arachnids and crustaceans, moulting is the shedding of the exoskeleton (which is often called its shell), typically to let the organism grow.
text: The exoskeleton is a hard covering or shell that provides benefits to the animal, such as protection against damage from predators and from water loss (for land animals); it also provides for the attachments of muscles.
text: The exoskeleton is a hard covering or shell that provides benefits to the animal, such as protection against damage from predators and from water loss (for land animals); it also provides for the attachments of muscles.
text: Exoskeletons are hard protective coverings or shells that also provide attachments for muscles.