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reflectins

reflectins is the plural of reflectin.

Meaning of reflectin

Noun

reflectin (countable and uncountable, plural reflectins)

  1. A protein, found in certain squids, that self-organizes into a film of regularly spaced stripes, the separation of which functions as a tunable diffraction grating to produce a range of reflective colours in the animal's skin

Questions about reflectins

What is reflectins the plural of?
Reflectins is the plural of reflectin.

Words near reflectins in the dictionary

  1. reflecting telescope
  2. reflecting telescopes
  3. reflecting upon
  4. reflectingly
  5. reflectings
  6. reflectins
  7. reflection
  8. reflection mapping
  9. reflection nebula
  10. reflection nebulae
  11. reflection nebulas

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