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echidnin

Today it means: A protein, found in the venom of some vipers, that functions as a thrombin-like enzyme. Full definition →

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From Greek ἔχιδνα (ékhidna, “snake, viper”) + -in.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.