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From hydrophobe + -in.
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Today it means: Any of a class of small, cysteine-rich proteins that are expressed only by filamentous fungi, known for their capability of forming a hydrophobic coating on the surface of an object Full definition →
From hydrophobe + -in.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.