peritrophic membrane
noun
peri·troph·ic membrane
¦perə‧¦träfik-
: a tubular chitinous sheath inside the midgut of many insects that is continuously secreted at the anterior end of the midgut
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary peri- + -trophic
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