Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
chitin .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) See
chitin .
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- noun dated, rare
chitin
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek insect.
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Chitin: the material forming the hard parts of the insect body; it is a secretion (or a metamorphosis?) of the epidermis, differing from horn by its insolubility in boiling liquor potassae: = elytra, entomolin.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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