Definitions for aequorin

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aequorin ae·quor·in

Spelling: [ee-kwawr-in, ee-kwor-]

IPA: /iˈkwɔr ɪn, iˈkwɒr-/

Aequorin is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 196 anagrams from letters in aequorin (aeinoqru).

Definitions for aequorin

noun

1. a protein, secreted by certain jellyfish, that produces a blue light upon binding with calcium.

Origin of aequorin

1965-70; New Latin Aequor(ea) a genus of jellyfish that produces such a protein (Latin: feminine of aequoreus of the sea, equivalent to aequor level surface, the sea + -eus