chitinous
adj/ˈkaɪtɪnəs/
Etymology From chitin + -ous.
1
Made of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin.
- The Ra'zac landed in front of him and jutted out its neck. Eragon recoiled as a short, thick beak appeared from within the depths of its hood. The chitinous appendage snapped shut just short of his right eye.2008, Christopher Paolini, “Assault on Helgrind”, in Brisingr, page 46:
- Not to mention you were too much of a scaredy cat to kill one of those chitinous shit-heads with your axe, my grandmother is less of a pussy than you and she’s gotten several painful diseases!2012, Xevious, quoted in: Kazerad, ==>, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), April 13 2012
- Derived terms
- nonchitinous, pseudochitinous