Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hypoderma"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hypoderma \Hyp`o*der"ma\, n. [NL. See {Hypo}, and {derma}.]
1. (Bot.) A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants,
and performing the physiological function of strengthening
the epidermal tissue. In phanerogamous plants it is
developed as collenchyma.
2. (Zo["o]l.) An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the
chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other
invertebrates.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Hypoderma
n : in some classifications considered the type genus of the
family Hypodermatidae: warble flies [syn: {Hypoderma}, {genus
Hypoderma}]
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