Hypoderma

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. (Zool.) An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the
        chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other
        invertebrates.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Hypoderma
       n : in some classifications considered the type genus of the
           family Hypodermatidae: warble flies [syn: {genus
           Hypoderma}]