Chitinization

Chi`ti`ni`za´tion


n.1.The process of becoming chitinous.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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At birth, the whitish pupa turns dark during the rapid chitinization and drops to the ground vegetation layer or snow where over-wintering and development takes place (see review in Haarlov 1964).
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