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tunicin

tunicin noun: a type of animal cellulose present in the mantle, or tunic, of the tunicates.

Noun

tunicin (countable and uncountable, plural tunicins)

  1. (archaic) A type of animal cellulose present in the mantle, or tunic, of the tunicates.

Forms of tunicin

pluraltunicins

Origin of tunicin

From tunic + -in.

Questions about tunicin

What does tunicin mean?
Tunicin means a type of animal cellulose present in the mantle, or tunic, of the tunicates.
What part of speech is tunicin?
Tunicin is a noun.
What is the plural of tunicin?
The plural of tunicin is tunicins.

Words near tunicin in the dictionary

  1. tunicas
  2. tunicate
  3. tunicated
  4. tunicates
  5. tuniced
  6. tunicin
  7. tunicins
  8. tunick
  9. tunicked
  10. tunicks
  11. tunicle

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