Chitinaceous

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Composed of, or resembling, chitin not-comparable

    "It has been suggested that in natural marine systems, most bacteria attaching to chitinaceous particles are Vibrios [71 ]."

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"It has been suggested that in natural marine systems, most bacteria attaching to chitinaceous particles are Vibrios [71 ]."

Etymology

From chitin + -aceous.

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