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chitinoid

chitinoid adjective: resembling chitin.

Adjective

chitinoid (not comparable)

  1. Resembling chitin.

Origin of chitinoid

From chitin + -oid.

Questions about chitinoid

What does chitinoid mean?
Chitinoid means resembling chitin.
What part of speech is chitinoid?
Chitinoid is an adjective.

Words near chitinoid in the dictionary

  1. chitinizes
  2. chitinizing
  3. chitinless
  4. chitinlike
  5. chitinogenous
  6. chitinoid
  7. chitinoligosaccharide
  8. chitinoligosaccharides
  9. chitinolysis
  10. chitinolytic
  11. chitinophosphatic

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