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oocyan

oocyan noun: biliverdin.

Noun

oocyan (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) biliverdin

Origin of oocyan

From oo- + cyan, since it gives birds' eggs their blue colour.

Questions about oocyan

What does oocyan mean?
Oocyan means biliverdin.
What part of speech is oocyan?
Oocyan is a noun.

Words near oocyan in the dictionary

  1. ooch
  2. ooched
  3. ooches
  4. ooching
  5. OOCSS
  6. oocyan
  7. oocyanin
  8. oocyesis
  9. oocyst
  10. oocystic
  11. oocysts

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