PERCINE

Etymology

Adjective

percine (not comparable)

(rare, obsolete) Resembling a perch (the fish).

Noun

percine (plural percines)

(rare) A fish in the genus Perca.

(biochemistry) A protamine found in the sperm of yellow perch Perca flavescens

Anagrams

• Pernice, creepin', increep

Source: Wiktionary



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DERMATOGLYPHICS

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