Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 193constitution. see gynandromorph.chimney n. [Gr. kaminos, fireplace] (MOLL: Bivalvia) A tubeformed of agglutinized particles derived from boring, extendingover the posterior end of the shell and sometimesextends anteriorly nearly to the mesoplax. see siphonaltube.chimopelagic a. [Gr. cheimon, winter; pelagos, sea] Certaindeep-sea organisms that appear at the surface only inwinter.chink n. [A.S. cinu, chink or crack] 1. A long and narrow cleft,crack or slit. 2. (MOLL: Gastropoda) The margin of thecolumella in Lacuna; umbilical chink.chironym, cheironym n. [Gr. cheir, hand; onyma, name] Amanuscript name for a species; an invalid name until published.chirotype n. [Gr. cheir, hand; typos, type] The type specimendesignated in a manuscript as the "chironym" that becomesvalid upon publication.chisels see laciniachitin n. [Gr. chiton, tunic] A linear polysaccharide that consistspredominately, or perhaps entirely, of -linked -acetyl-D-glucosamine residues found in the exoskeleton of arthropods,nematode eggshells, annelid cuticle, thecate hydroids,and also in some plants, especially fungi.chitinase n. [Gr. chiton, tunic; -asis, denoting enzymes] Anenzyme, or family of enzymes capable of decomposing chitin;found in molting fluid and as a secretion from chitinovores.chitinization n. [Gr. chiton, tunic; izein, cause to be] Theprocess of depositing chitin, or being chitinized. chitinizeda.chitinogenous a. [Gr. chiton, tunic; gennaein, to produce](ARTHRO) Pertaining to epidermal cells that secrete the chitin.chitinophilus a. [Gr. chiton, tunic; philos, loving] Pertaining tomicro-organisms found in association with chitin andthought to derive nourishment from it. see chitinovore.