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spongins

spongins is the plural of spongin.

Meaning of spongin

Noun

spongin (plural spongins)

  1. A horny, sulfur-containing protein, related to keratin, that forms the skeletal structure of certain classes of sponges. A proteinaceous compound of which the spicules in Demospongiae are composed.

Questions about spongins

What is spongins the plural of?
Spongins is the plural of spongin.

Words near spongins in the dictionary

  1. sponging out
  2. sponging up
  3. sponging-house
  4. sponging-houses
  5. spongings
  6. spongins
  7. spongio-
  8. spongioblast
  9. spongioblastoma
  10. spongioblastomas
  11. spongioblastomata

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