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Chitin (C8H13O5N)n (/ˈkaɪtɪn/ KY-tin) is a long-chain
polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, an
amide derivative of glucose.
Chitin is the
second most abundant...
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covered in
hollow chitinous spines.
These sclerites provide a
stepping stone between the
solid chaetae-like
chitinous sclerites of
Wiwaxia and...
- for feeding,
sometimes compared to a tongue. It is a
minutely toothed,
chitinous ribbon,
which is
typically used for s****ing or
cutting food
before the...
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molluscs have
muscular mouths with radulae, "tongues",
bearing many rows of
chitinous teeth,
which are
replaced from the rear as they wear out. The
radula primarily...
- (2004) 2 CD
Tumbleweed Connection (1970) – Oboe on Come Down in Time.
Chitinous (1971) – With Paul Buckmaster, Nucleus, Ian Carr, etc.
Pieces of Me (1971)...
- They are the
largest group within the
arthropod phylum.
Insects have a
chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head,
thorax and abdomen),
three pairs...
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Ancient Gr**** χαίτη (khaítē) 'crest, mane,
flowing hair'; pl. chaetae) is a
chitinous bristle or seta
found on
annelid worms,
although the term is also frequently...
- gypsobelum,
shooting darts, or just as darts) is a sharp,
calcareous or
chitinous dart
which some
hermaphroditic land
snails and
slugs create. Love darts...
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mineralized during life, such as the
bones and
teeth of vertebrates, or the
chitinous or
calcareous exoskeletons of invertebrates.
Fossils may also consist...
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hypodermis can
refer to an
epidermal layer of
cells that
secretes the
chitinous cuticle. The term also
refers to a
layer of
cells lying immediately below...
