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chitin

Definition

chitin noun

Compound secreted by the epidermis in arthropods and making up the bulk of their cuticle (outer layer of the body)^[1].

Quitina^[2]

Chitine^[1]

几丁质^[2]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Forest Resources Glossary. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service. (2019, May 08). https://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/terms/
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 AGROVOC Multilingual Thesaurus. (2019, March 21). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. http://aims.fao.org/vest-registry/vocabularies/agrovoc (CC BY 3.0 IGO)