exoesqueleto
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- exosqueleto (derivation with syncope)
Etymology
From exo- + esqueleto (“skeleton”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌe.zo.es.keˈle.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌe.zo.eʃ.keˈle.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌe.zo.es.keˈle.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌe.zɔ.ɨʃ.kɨˈle.tu/
Noun
exoesqueleto m (plural exoesqueletos)
- (anatomy) exoskeleton (hard outer structure)
Further reading
- “exoesqueleto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “exoesqueleto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From exo- + esqueleto (“skeleton”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɡsoeskeˈleto/ [eɣ̞.so.es.keˈle.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -eto
- Syllabification: e‧xo‧es‧que‧le‧to
Noun
exoesqueleto m (plural exoesqueletos)
- (zoology) exoskeleton
- Synonym: dermatoesqueleto
Related terms
Further reading
- “exoesqueleto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025