From chitin + -ous. IPA(key): /ˈkaɪtɪnəs/ <span class="searchmatch">chitinous</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">chitinous</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">chitinous</span>) Made of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin...
From non- + <span class="searchmatch">chitinous</span>. nonchitinous (not comparable) Not <span class="searchmatch">chitinous</span>....
parastigma (plural parastigmas or parastigmata) A <span class="searchmatch">chitinous</span> spot on the wings of some insects...
From pseudo- + <span class="searchmatch">chitinous</span>. pseudochitinous (not comparable) Relating to, or composed of pseudochitin...
chitinisation From chitin + -ization. chitinization (countable and uncountable, plural chitinizations) The process of becoming <span class="searchmatch">chitinous</span>....
antefurca (plural antefurcae) (anatomy) A forked <span class="searchmatch">chitinous</span> structure in the thorax of some insects antefurcal...
From chitina + -oso. chitinoso (feminine chitinosa, masculine plural chitinosi, feminine plural chitinose) <span class="searchmatch">chitinous</span> tonchiosi...
acrocyst (plural acrocysts) A <span class="searchmatch">chitinous</span> cyst of the gonophore at the top of the gonotheca in some hydroids...
carcinoecium (plural carcinoecia) (biology) A <span class="searchmatch">chitinous</span> structure, produced by some sea anemones, that overlies the gastropod shell of a hermit crab...
taenia (“ribbon”) + -idium. taenidium (plural taenidia) (zoology) The <span class="searchmatch">chitinous</span> fibre forming the spiral thread of the tracheae of insects taenidial...