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Chitin: Definition and part of speech

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Chitin

  1. n. A white amorphous horny substance forming the harder part of the outer integument of insects, crustacea, and various other invertebrates; entomolin.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chiton: Definition and part of speech

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Chiton

  1. n. One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora.
  2. n. An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chitterling: Definition and part of speech

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Chitterling

  1. n. The frill to the breast of a shirt, which when ironed out resembled the small entrails. See Chitterlings.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.