Peritrophic
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Peritrophic is an adjective meaning Describing a tubular chitinous sheath that lines the midgut of many insects.
Meaning
Describing a tubular chitinous sheath that lines the midgut of many insects.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include perichaetous, mononematic, acrotrophic, polytrophic, mesotrochal, perichaetine.
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