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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sclerotin /ˈsklɪərətɪn, ˈsklɛ-/

▶noun Biochemistry a structural protein which forms the cuticles of insects and is hardened and darkened by a natural tanning process.

– origin 1940s: from sclero-, on the pattern of keratin.

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