Chitin is a polysaccharide.
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Chitin
//ˈkaɪtɪn//
Synonyms for "chitin" (11 found)
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7 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 30 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- խիտին noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Bulgarian
1 entries- хитин noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Catalan
1 entries- quitina noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 幾丁質 /几丁质 noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
- 甲殼素 /甲壳素 noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Czech
1 entries- chitin noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Esperanto
1 entries- kitino noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Finnish
1 entries- kitiini noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
French
1 entries- chitine noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
German
1 entries- Chitin noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Hindi
1 entries- कठिनि noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Indonesian
1 entries- kitin noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Italian
1 entries- chitina noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Japanese
1 entries- キチン noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Kannada
1 entries- ಕೈಟಿನ್ noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Kazakh
1 entries- хитин noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Korean
2 entries- 갑각소 noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
- 키틴 noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Macedonian
1 entries- хитин noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Malay
1 entries- kitin noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Occitan
1 entries- quitina noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Persian
1 entries- کیتین noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Portuguese
1 entries- quitina noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Romanian
1 entries- chitină noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Russian
1 entries- хити́н noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- hitin noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Spanish
1 entries- quitina noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Tamil
1 entries- கைட்டின் noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Thai
2 entries- ไคติน noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
- ไคทิน noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Turkish
1 entries- kitin noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Ukrainian
1 entries- хіти́н noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Uzbek
1 entries- xitin noun (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Chitin usually occurs throughout Invertebrates in the form of an investment to the outermost cellular layer or ectoderm.
Source: wiktionary
The robot’s energy source is the sugar in the polysaccharide called chitin that makes up a fly’s exoskeleton.
Source: wiktionary
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