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crotalin

crotalin noun: a protein in rattlesnake venom.

Noun

crotalin (uncountable)

  1. A protein in rattlesnake venom

Origin of crotalin

From the genus Crotalus.

Questions about crotalin

What does crotalin mean?
Crotalin means a protein in rattlesnake venom.
What part of speech is crotalin?
Crotalin is a noun.

Words near crotalin in the dictionary

  1. crotale
  2. crotales
  3. crotalic
  4. crotalid
  5. crotalids
  6. crotalin
  7. crotaline
  8. crotalines
  9. crotalism
  10. crotaloid
  11. crotaloids

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