turacin

English

Etymology

turacou +‎ -in

Noun

turacin (countable and uncountable, plural turacins)

  1. (organic chemistry) A red or crimson pigment obtained from certain feathers of several species of turacou.
    Turacin is nearly 6% copper.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for turacin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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