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chitin

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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun chitin has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

chitinn. [See Chiton.].
     A white amorphous horny substance forming the harder part of the outer integument of insects, crustacea, and various other invertebrates; entomolin.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

chitin, n. Chem. a polysaccharide forming the major constituent in the exoskeleton of arthropods and in the cell walls of fungi.

Derivative
chitinous adj.
Etymology
F chitine irreg. f. Gk khiton: see CHITON
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