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porphyropsins

porphyropsins is the plural of porphyropsin.

Meaning of porphyropsin

Noun

porphyropsin (plural porphyropsins)

  1. Any of a group of purple carotenoid pigments, similar to rhodopsin, in the retinas of some fish

Questions about porphyropsins

What is porphyropsins the plural of?
Porphyropsins is the plural of porphyropsin.

Words near porphyropsins in the dictionary

  1. porphyromonads
  2. porphyrophobia
  3. porphyrophobic
  4. porphyrophobics
  5. porphyropsin
  6. porphyropsins
  7. porphyrous
  8. porphyroxine
  9. porphyry
  10. porphyry shell
  11. porphyry shells

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