Chitinous

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Consisting of or having the nature of chitin.
  • Containing chitin in greater or less proportion: in the articulate animals, applied to any definitely hardened part of the integument.
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  • adjective. Having the nature of chitin; consisting of, or containing, chitin.
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  • adjective. Made of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin.
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  • adjective. of or resembling chitin
    • Word Usage
    "Even as you read these lines (relativistically speaking), some alien eye or eyes, perhaps set in chitinous, horny lids, are perplexedly scanning one of a pair of argyles which you lost last Tuesday."
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