Definitions for aequorins

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aequorins ae·quor·in

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

IPA: /iˈkwɔr ɪn, iˈkwɒr-/

Aequorins is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 454 anagrams from letters in aequorins (aeinoqrsu).

Definitions for aequorins

noun

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

Origin of aequorins

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