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EQUIDNA HOCICO CORTO [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
DEF

Of or like chitin

OBS

chitin: a white or colorless amorphous horny substance that forms part of the hard outer integument of insects, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
DEF

Se dit de ce qui concerne la chitine; formé de chitine.

OBS

chitine : Substance de soutien de la cuticule des arthropodes, qui lui donne sa dureté et sa solidité, ainsi que sa forte imperméabilité.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
CONT

Las heces presentan una membrana lubricante que recubre la tierra ingerida y los restos quitinosos de hormigas y termes, que suponen la mayor parte de la dieta del equidna de hocico corto.

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