English Explanatory Dictionary

cavin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hollow route, adapted to cover troops and facilitate their approach to a place.
noun
  1. A type of protein that is involved in forming the caveola of many vertebrate cells.
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

cavin cavins

Etymology

From French cavin (same meaning), ultimately from Latin cavus.

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