silkmapin

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From silk and -in, but what about the middle part?”)

Noun[edit]

silkmapin (uncountable)

  1. A protein found in Hyriopsis cumingii and involved in nacre formation.
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