cocoonase

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noun

A proteolytic enzyme that weakens the fibres of a silkworm cocoon

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nouncocoonase (plural cocoonases)

plural cocoonases

  1. biochemistryA proteolytic enzyme that weakens the fibres of a silkworm cocoon
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