Pick: a chitinous maxillary structure in Psocidae. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Red and very clear, it shone on her chitinous tummy. From Wordnik.com. [Ze Widow, She Is Black] Reference
Armatus: set with spines, claws or other chitinous processes. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The chitinous covering of this harvesting-ant is firm and hard. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
Fulcrum: the chitinous envelope at the base of mouth in Diptera and. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Every surface Sharina could see was covered with tawny, chitinous bodies. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
Both men whirled, and there it was: a disjointed, chitinous, crablike hulk. From Wordnik.com. [The Dig]
He drew the chitinous exoskeleton, the antennae, the wide, hinged mandibles. From Wordnik.com. [The Dark Queen]
Bringing it down in a mighty sweep, she severed that chitinous and narrow waist. From Wordnik.com. [HOTHOUSE]
Foot-shield: in caterpillars, the chitinous plate on outer side of abdominal feet. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
A sextet of shiny black chitinous, segmented legs curled over the edge of a cloud. From Wordnik.com. [String Theory, Book 3: Evolution] Reference
More likely it just found the thranx's chitinous digits a convenient place to rest. From Wordnik.com. [Dirge]
(I have a feeling the spell checker is not going to be able to handle chitinous ....). From Wordnik.com. [Bad dreams] Reference
D'Krikas paused again, folding his segmented arms precisely across his chitinous chest. From Wordnik.com. [The Chaos Gate]
At no time did the hermit himself come within range of the creature's chitinous weapons. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
He shook off the troubling feeling and redoubled his efforts to slay the chitinous horde. From Wordnik.com. [Lesbianism Never?] Reference
The uneasy rustling of chitinous arms against white robes recalled him from his meditation. From Wordnik.com. [The Worshippers] Reference
She wore horns as well, and some kind of chitinous armor that covered her breasts and hips. From Wordnik.com. [Hellgate London Covenant] Reference
But then, she needed no artificial ornamentation: her own chitinous skin was ornament enough. From Wordnik.com. [The Chaos Gate]
There was the carry-bag, just a meter away, lying in the dirt surrounded by chitinous alien feet. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
A creature, the tawny, chitinous original of the image Meder had raised, lurched to its hind legs. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
Leaves and other debris covered it, and the chitinous carcasses of dead bugs were littered around. From Wordnik.com. [Rot & Ruin] Reference
Strange slitherings sounded from the rocks around him, and clickings, as of chitinous claws on stone. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Unconquered]
It advances slowly on its clattering chitinous legs, ravenous, implacable, its pincers snapping. From Wordnik.com. [April 2010] Reference
The critters didn't have real legs, just a dozen feathery spines sticking out from a chitinous thorax. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
They were chitinous-armored, not much bigger than a squarish military helmet and about the same shape. From Wordnik.com. [Trader To The Stars]
He was indeed black instead of the usual gray-green, with an odd pattern of dots on his chitinous shell. From Wordnik.com. [Escape From Roksamur]
Small bodies thudded into their shoulders as they hurried on, hunched forward against the chitinous rain. From Wordnik.com. [Reiffeins Choice] Reference
The chitinous shell becomes soft, and when the fermented product is cooked, the whole shrimp can be eaten. From Wordnik.com. [1 Upgrading Traditional Biotechnological Processes] Reference
They found human attempts to avoid comparing their chitinous friends with primitive Terran insects amusing. From Wordnik.com. [Running From The Deity]
She reached out an impulsive hand to touch D'Senna's arm, feeling the cool sleekness of the chitinous skin. From Wordnik.com. [The Chaos Gate]
The slender green-black chitinous stalks trembled as rain fell and the blossoms strained inside their buds. From Wordnik.com. [Baffu's First Story Complete.] Reference
Up to two feet in length, this species exhibits a chitinous exoskeleton segmented into head, thorax, abdomen. From Wordnik.com. [Deception Point]
Higher on the spiral was a segmented creature whose flattened, chitinous body was longer than a fishing boat. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
Each was four feet tall from the ground to its chitinous back, and each was a little more than twice that long. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of the Tempest]
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