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CHITINOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chitinous mean?
• CHITINOUS (adjective)
The adjective CHITINOUS has 1 sense:
1. of or resembling chitin
Familiarity information: CHITINOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or resembling chitin
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
chitin (a tough semitransparent horny substance; the principal component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of certain fungi)
Derivation:
chitin (a tough semitransparent horny substance; the principal component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of certain fungi)
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