chitinoid

• a word derived from chitin.
  chitin

  noun

  a nitrogen-containing polysaccharide, related chemically to cellulose, that forms a semitransparent horny substance and is a principal constituent of the exoskeleton, or outer covering, of insects, crustaceans, and arachnids.

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chitinoid

Skeleton diffuse, consisting of very fine radiating fibres, which are crossed at wide and irregular intervals by still finer transverse ones; very little chitinoid substance present.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale

Other tubules of a very similar appearance but with a delicate chitinoid foundation appear to be the remains of a species of Plumatella of which they occasionally contain a statoblast.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale

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