chitin
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a tough semitransparent horny substance; the principal component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of certain fungi
Types & categories
- polysaccharide hypernym
Parts & wholes
- glucosamine substance meronym
Related & opposite
- chitinous derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | chitinous |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | glucosamine |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | polysaccharide |