Crossword-Solution: CHITIN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Chitin | n. | A white amorphous horny substance forming the harder part of the outer integument of insects, crustacea, and various other invertebrates; entomolin. |
We have 7 clues for the answer “CHITIN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| ARTHROPOD, organic substance of | 1 answer |
| ARTHROPOD, skeletal substance of | 1 answer |
| Main component of a crab shell | 1 answer |
| Principal component of arthropod exoskeletons | 1 answer |
| the principal component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of certain fungi | 1 answer |
| A TOUGH SEMITRANSPARENT HORNY SUBSTANCE | 11 answers |
| Hardening | 64 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEREA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CHITIN (5)
Schultze '74; Leidy '77; Bütschli '83; Gruber '84.) The form is ovoid or globular, and the body is covered by a tightly fitting, plastic, chitin shell, which, in turn, is covered by a fine layer of protoplasm.
Chitin is a very indestructible substance; even fire will not destroy it, but in course of time the moisture and the acids in the earth destroy it, so that at last the millions of cicada shells and grasshopper cast-off skins, which are also of chitin, and cricket moults, and all the other little cast-aside chitinous overcoats of the insects, return again to the earth and the air whence they came.
The minerals and gases that compose them let go of each other, as it were, and the chitin is no longer chitin.
The _Ordovician_ period was marked by abundant representation of the once very successful class of Trilobites--jointed-footed, antenna-bearing, segmented marine animals, with numerous appendages and a covering of chitin.
They are worked by powerful muscles, and are supported, like a fan, by ribs of chitin, which may be accompanied by air-tubes, blood-channels, and nerves.
Quotes with CHITIN (1)
The second-most abundant biopolymer on the planet is called chitin, and some 100 million tons of it are produced every year by organisms such as shrimps, crabs, scorpions, and butterflies. We thought if we could tune its properties, we could generate structures that are multifunctional out of a single part.
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Appears in: NY Sun, NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (2008–2019).