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ichthidin

ichthidin noun: a substance from the egg yolk of osseous fishes.

Noun

ichthidin (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) A substance from the egg yolk of osseous fishes.
    • From these facts, it follows that the eggs of fishes of the family of Cyprinidæ, when only a little developed, contain, with a soluble substance ichthidin, a liquid strongly albuminous holding in solution mineral salts, […]1855, A. Valenciennes and Frémy, “On the Composition of Eggs in the animal series”, in The American Journal of Science, volume XIX, page 241

Questions about ichthidin

What does ichthidin mean?
Ichthidin means a substance from the egg yolk of osseous fishes.
What part of speech is ichthidin?
Ichthidin is a noun.

Words near ichthidin in the dictionary

  1. ICHs
  2. ichth.
  3. ichthammol
  4. ichthammols
  5. ichthic
  6. ichthidin
  7. ichthin
  8. ichthine
  9. ichthol.
  10. ichthulin
  11. ichthulins

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