- A
cicada emerges from its
chitinous nymphal exoskeleton....
- They are the
largest group within the
arthropod phylum.
Insects have a
chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head,
thorax and abdomen),
three pairs...
- for feeding,
sometimes compared to a tongue. It is a
minutely toothed,
chitinous ribbon,
which is
typically used for s****ing or
cutting food
before the...
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molluscs have
muscular mouths with radulae, "tongues",
bearing many rows of
chitinous teeth,
which are
replaced from the rear as they wear out. The
radula primarily...
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mineralized during life, such as the
bones and
teeth of vertebrates, or the
chitinous or
calcareous exoskeletons of invertebrates.
Fossils may also consist...
-
stone or grit. In
certain insects and molluscs, the
gizzard features chitinous plates or teeth. The word
gizzard comes from the
Middle English giser...
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carbonate (CaCO3),
which fossilized far more
easily than the
fragile chitinous exoskeletons of
other arthropods,
leaving numerous preserved remains....
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group to fungi.
Members of the
group that have been
isolated lack the
chitinous cell wall that is
characteristic of fungi. Alternatively,
Rozella can...
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epidermis which surrounds a
gastrovascular cavity. The
epidermis secretes a
chitinous skeleton which supports the stem and in some hydroids, the
skeleton extends...
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Ancient Gr**** χαίτη 'crest, mane,
flowing hair'; pl.: chaetae) is a
chitinous bristle or seta
found on
annelid worms,
although the term is also frequently...
