Etymology

vargulin

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Today it means: The luciferin found in the ostracod Cypridina hilgendorfii (also named Vargula hilgendorfii). Full definition →

translingual Vargula
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  1. translingual · borrowed fromVargula
  2. English todayvargulin

translingual Vargula + -in.

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