echidnin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A protein, found in the venom of some vipers, that functions as a thrombin-like enzyme.

Word forms

echidnin

Etymology

From Greek ἔχιδνα (ékhidna, “snake, viper”) + -in.

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