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Definition of Chitinous
1. Adjective. Of or resembling chitin.
Definition of Chitinous
1. a. Having the nature of chitin; consisting of, or containing, chitin.
Definition of Chitinous
1. Adjective. Made of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chitinous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Chitinous
1. Of or relating to chitin. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chitinous
Literary usage of Chitinous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"elaborate copulatory structures of a chitinous nature, and the eggs arc fertilized
tn the female without even quitting the place where they are formed on ..."
2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1899)
"chitinous processes are of medium size, one pair to each incision ; the ones
lateral of mesal lobes are the largest. Plates are short and truncate, ..."
3. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1917)
"Lateral comb of eighth segment of six to eight scales on a weak chitinous plate;
single scale with small spines on angles and a long central point. ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"... throughout the greater part of their extent, of the same material as the
basement membrane, their central ends, however, being apparently chitinous. ..."
5. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"36 (35) Provided with true chitinous organ 37 37 (38) chitinous portion of cirrus
consists of a single chitinous spine. ..."
6. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1900)
"... and others with chitinous skeleton, show the general habit of the colony as
well in them as in fluids. They are very convenient for the more brittle ..."
7. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"E.— chitinous ootheca of peculiar type. Known in the following genera ...
chitinous ootheca formed, but never extruded, practically functionless. ..."
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