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· Latin
avidus
2 English words descend from Latin
avidus
, most common first.
avid
Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something.
avidin
A tetrameric protein produced in the oviducts of birds, reptiles and amphibians and deposited in the whites of their eggs.