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Chitinous

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chi·tin  (ktn)
n.
A tough, protective, semitransparent substance, primarily a nitrogen-containing polysaccharide, forming the principal component of arthropod exoskeletons and the cell walls of certain fungi.

[French chitine : New Latin chitn, mollusk (from Greek khitn, chiton; see chiton) + -ine.]

chitin·ous adj.
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Adj.1.chitinous - of or resembling chitin


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The researchers have created "free-standing replicas of fragile, laminar, chitinous biotemplates", that is, copies of the nano structures of butterfly wings.
marine mammals) cannot digest the chitinous beaks and thousands of beaks may accumulate in the stomachs until they are regurgitated (Clarke, 1980).
However, the potential of adult nonbiting midges to carry aquatic Vibrio cholerae bacteria (attached to their chitinous surface, mainly on the intersegmental membranes) was only recently suggested (Broza et al.
 
 
 
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