Chitin
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A white amorphous horny substance forming the harder part ofthe outer integument of insects, crustacea, and various otherinvertebrates; entomolin.
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The charbohydrate that insect exoskeletons are made of. Crunchy.
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a hard substance in the outer shell of insects and animals such as shrimp and lobster , and in the cell walls of some fungi
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A fibrous substance consisting of polysaccharides and forming the major constituent in the exoskeleton of arthropods and the cell walls of fungi.
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