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silicatein

silicatein noun: an enzyme used by sponges to capture silicate and build silica nanostructures.

Noun

silicatein (countable and uncountable, plural silicateins)

  1. An enzyme used by sponges to capture silicate and build silica nanostructures

Forms of silicatein

pluralsilicateins

Questions about silicatein

What does silicatein mean?
Silicatein means an enzyme used by sponges to capture silicate and build silica nanostructures.
What part of speech is silicatein?
Silicatein is a noun.
What is the plural of silicatein?
The plural of silicatein is silicateins.

Words near silicatein in the dictionary

  1. silicasomes
  2. silicate
  3. silicate planet
  4. silicate planets
  5. silicated
  6. silicatein
  7. silicateins
  8. silicates
  9. silicatian
  10. silication
  11. silicatization

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