TUNICIN

Etymology

Noun

tunicin (countable and uncountable, plural tunicins)

(carbohydrate) 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.

Source: Wiktionary


Tu"ni*cin, n. (Physiol. Chem.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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