English Explanatory Dictionary

abductin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An insoluble elastic protein found in the hinge ligament of bivalve mollusks.

Word forms

abductin abductins

Etymology

Coined by Robert E. Kelly and Robert V. Rice in 1967, from abductor + -in.

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