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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: Hypoderma n : in some classifications considered the type genus of the family Hypodermatidae: warble flies [syn: {Hypoderma}, {genus Hypoderma}]
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