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echidnin

echidnin noun: a protein, found in the venom of some vipers, that functions as a thrombin-like enzyme.

Noun

echidnin (uncountable)

  1. A protein, found in the venom of some vipers, that functions as a thrombin-like enzyme.

Origin of echidnin

From Greek ἔχιδνα (ékhidna, “snake, viper”) + -in.

Questions about echidnin

What does echidnin mean?
Echidnin means a protein, found in the venom of some vipers, that functions as a thrombin-like enzyme.
What part of speech is echidnin?
Echidnin is a noun.

Words near echidnin in the dictionary

  1. Echezurias
  2. echidna
  3. echidnae
  4. echidnas
  5. echidnase
  6. echidnin
  7. echidnine
  8. Echikunwoke
  9. echimyid
  10. echimyids
  11. echimyine

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