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bilin

/ˈbaɪlɪn/

bilin noun: any of various biological pigments formed in many organisms as a metabolic product of certain porphyrins.

Noun

bilin (plural bilins)

  1. Any of various biological pigments formed in many organisms as a metabolic product of certain porphyrins.
    Synonyms:
    bilane

Proper noun capitalized: Bilin

Bilin

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of Blin.

Synonyms of bilin

Forms of bilin

pluralbilins

Origin of bilin

From international scientific vocabulary, and clearly reflecting New Latin, from Latin bīlis (“bile”). By surface analysis, bili- + -in, although according to American Heritage Dictionary, bilin was back-formed from phycobilin (as opposed to phycobilin being derived from bilin as surface analysis suggests).

Words formed from bilin

Questions about bilin

What does bilin mean?
Bilin means any of various biological pigments formed in many organisms as a metabolic product of certain porphyrins.
What part of speech is bilin?
Bilin can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce bilin?
Bilin is pronounced /ˈbaɪlɪn/.
What is the plural of bilin?
The plural of bilin is bilins.

Words near bilin in the dictionary

  1. biliment
  2. biliments
  3. bilimit
  4. bilimits
  5. Bilimoria
  6. bilin
  7. bilineage
  8. bilineages
  9. bilineal
  10. bilinear
  11. bilinear form

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