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tensilin

tensilin noun: a form of stiffening protein in some sea creatures.

Noun

tensilin (plural tensilins)

  1. A form of stiffening protein in some sea creatures

Forms of tensilin

pluraltensilins

Questions about tensilin

What does tensilin mean?
Tensilin means a form of stiffening protein in some sea creatures.
What part of speech is tensilin?
Tensilin is a noun.
What is the plural of tensilin?
The plural of tensilin is tensilins.

Words near tensilin in the dictionary

  1. tensile strengths
  2. tensile stress
  3. tensiled
  4. tensilely
  5. tensileness
  6. tensilin
  7. tensilins
  8. tensilities
  9. tensility
  10. tensimeter
  11. tensimeters

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