chitinoidadj.
/ˈkʌɪtɪnɔɪd/ Resembling chitin.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > carbohydrates > sugars > polysaccharides > [adjective] > chitin > resembling
chitinoid1888
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 429 The egg-shell in oviparous Elasmobranchii is chitinoid.
1957 New Biol. 24 22 After a time this pseudopodial fan shortens again. A chitinoid membrane forms at its periphery.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
<
adj.1888- to the south-eastward of
- to the south-westward
- to the south-westward of
- to the southeastward
- to the southeastward of
- to the southwestward
- to the southwestward of
- to the spleen
- to the strandward
- to the stumps
- to the such utterance
- to the sunward
- to the sunwards
- to the teeth
- to the teeth of
- to the third power
- to the this same
- to the throat
- to the top of one's bent
- to the touch
- to the townward
- to the townwards
- to the tune of
- to the utmost
- to the utterance