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CHITINOUS
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I. (adjective)
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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