chi|tin

chi|tin
chi|tin «KY tihn», noun.
a horny substance forming the hard outer covering of lobsters, crabs, beetles, crickets, and some fungi: »

This chitin is a stiff substance rather closely related to cellulose (Norbert Wiener).

[< French chitine < Greek chit coat of mail, chiton]

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