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fetidin

fetidin noun: any of a class of hemolytic and antibacterial glycoproteins present in the coelomic fluid of the earthworm Eisenia fetida.

Noun

fetidin (plural fetidins)

  1. Any of a class of hemolytic and antibacterial glycoproteins present in the coelomic fluid of the earthworm Eisenia fetida

Forms of fetidin

pluralfetidins

Origin of fetidin

fetida + -in

Questions about fetidin

What does fetidin mean?
Fetidin means any of a class of hemolytic and antibacterial glycoproteins present in the coelomic fluid of the earthworm Eisenia fetida.
What part of speech is fetidin?
Fetidin is a noun.
What is the plural of fetidin?
The plural of fetidin is fetidins.

Words near fetidin in the dictionary

  1. feticide
  2. feticides
  3. feticism
  4. fetid
  5. fetid sweat
  6. fetidin
  7. fetidins
  8. fetidities
  9. fetidity
  10. fetidly
  11. fetidness

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