peritrophic
/ˌpɛrɪˈtrɒfɪk/ /ˌpɛrɪˈtrəʊfɪk/Zoology
adjective
Relating to or designating a chitinous tube or membrane that lines the gut of many insects and some crustaceans, and is wrapped around faeces when they are expelled.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Louis Miall (1842–1921). From peri- + trophic, after French péritrophique.
- shoeless
- shoemaker
- Shoemaker, Willie
- Shoemaker–Levy 9
- shoemaking
- shoepack
- shoeshine
- shoeshiner
- shoestring
- shoestring potatoes
- shoe tree
- shofar
- shogun
- shogunate
- shoji
- shoji screen
- shojo
- Sholapur
- peripheral neuritis
- peripheral neuropathy
- peripheral oedema
- peripheral resistance
- peripheral vision
- peripherial
- peripheric