OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 12428

chitin

/ˈkaɪtɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
quitina
A complex polysaccharide, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and in the cell walls of fungi; thought to be responsible for some forms of asthma in humans.
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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