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From lipo- + amino acid.
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Today it means: Any of several classes of lipid, containing amino acid residues, with or without glycerol and/or fatty acid residues, but lacking a phosphate group, that are present in bacteria and similar organisms Full definition →
From lipo- + amino acid.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.