percines

Noun

percine (plural percines)

1. (rare) A fish in the genus Perca.
   • The Percines, or typical perches, are recognizable by the elongated form of the body, and the numerous spines of the first or spinous dorsal fin1867, United States Dept. of Agriculture, “Economical American Freshwater Fishes”, in Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for 1866, Washington: Government Printing Office, page 405
2. A protamine found in the sperm of yellow perch Perca flavescens
   • An other type of diprotamine contains arginine and histidine: the percine [from the perch, Perca flavescens] belongs to this group.2012, Christoph Scholtissek with B.M. Richards, R. Vendrely, C. Vendrely, and D.P. Bloch, Chemistry and Cytochemistry of Nucleic Acids and Nuclear Proteins, Springer, →ISBN, page 16

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