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Tunicin

Tu′ni-cin

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Noun.
(Physiol. Chem.)
Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or tunic, of the Tunicates, which resembles, or is identical with, the cellulose of the vegetable kingdom.

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tunicin

tunicin

English

Noun

tunicin (countable and uncountable, plural tunicins)

  1. (biochemistry) Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or tunic, of the tunicates, which resembles, or is identical with, the cellulose of the vegetable kingdom.