chitin
معنی فارسی
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معنی کامل و مثالها
/kī´tin/n.
● (جانورشناسی) کیتن، لاک، سختپوست
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Greek khitōn, meaning 'tunic'.
مثال
- Chitin provides structural support to insects and other arthropods.
- The shells of crustaceans are composed of chitin.
- Some fungi have cell walls made of chitin.
ترکیبهای رایج
provide structural support composed of chitin cell walls made of chitin study the properties of chitin
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- a tough semitransparent horny substance; the principal component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of certain fungi “Substance Meronyms: glucosamine”