English Explanatory Dictionary

temporin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a family of peptides isolated originally from the skin secretion of the European red frog, Rana temporaria.
noun
  1. A tarry secretion from the temporal ducts of a bull elephant during musth.

Word forms

temporin temporins

Etymology

From Latin temporaria + -in.

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