temporin

English

Etymology

temporaria + -in

Noun

temporin (countable and uncountable, plural temporins)

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

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