English Explanatory Dictionary

coprisin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A peptide, similar to defensin, found in bacteria-immunized dung beetles

Word forms

coprisin

Etymology

From translingual Copris (genus of dung beetles) + -in.

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