chitin
6 letters · noun · scores 1,400 in SpellHuntr
noun
a tough semitransparent horny substance; the principal component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of certain fungi
Chitin in a sentence
Chitin usually occurs throughout Invertebrates in the form of an investment to the outermost cellular layer or ectoderm.
The robot’s energy source is the sugar in the polysaccharide called chitin that makes up a fly’s exoskeleton.
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