Chitinous

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chi·tin (k

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.

chitinous - of or resembling chitin

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