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peritrophic

peritrophic adjective: describing a tubular chitinous sheath that lines the midgut of many insects.

Adjective

peritrophic (not comparable)

  1. Describing a tubular chitinous sheath that lines the midgut of many insects.

Origin of peritrophic

From peri- + -trophic.

Words formed from peritrophic

Questions about peritrophic

What does peritrophic mean?
Peritrophic means describing a tubular chitinous sheath that lines the midgut of many insects.
What part of speech is peritrophic?
Peritrophic is an adjective.

Words near peritrophic in the dictionary

  1. peritrigonal
  2. peritrochanteric
  3. peritrochia
  4. peritrochium
  5. peritropal
  6. peritrophic
  7. peritrophin
  8. peritrophins
  9. peritropous
  10. peritruncal
  11. peritubal

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