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speract

speract noun: a decapeptide from the outer jelly of the Strongylocentrotus purpuratus sea urchin egg that binds with sperm.

Noun

speract (uncountable)

  1. (molecuar biology) A decapeptide from the outer jelly of the Strongylocentrotus purpuratus sea urchin egg that binds with sperm.

Questions about speract

What does speract mean?
Speract means a decapeptide from the outer jelly of the Strongylocentrotus purpuratus sea urchin egg that binds with sperm.
What part of speech is speract?
Speract is a noun.

Words near speract in the dictionary

  1. Speonk
  2. speos
  3. Sper
  4. Spera
  5. sperable
  6. speract
  7. speradine
  8. speradines
  9. sperage
  10. sperages
  11. Sperandio

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