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pavoninin

pavoninin noun: a saponin used as a shark repellent.

Noun

pavoninin (countable and uncountable, plural pavoninins)

  1. A saponin used as a shark repellent.

Forms of pavoninin

pluralpavoninins

Origin of pavoninin

From pavoninus + -in, since it was isolated from the fish Pardachirus pavoninus.

Questions about pavoninin

What does pavoninin mean?
Pavoninin means a saponin used as a shark repellent.
What part of speech is pavoninin?
Pavoninin is a noun.
What is the plural of pavoninin?
The plural of pavoninin is pavoninins.

Words near pavoninin in the dictionary

  1. pavones
  2. pavonia
  3. pavonian
  4. pavonias
  5. pavonine
  6. pavoninin
  7. pavoninins
  8. pavonite
  9. pavonne
  10. pavonnes
  11. pavons

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