Sekirov Dictionary

octopine

adjective 1
noun 1
forms 3

adjective1

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Of, pertaining to, or resembling an octopus or octopuses; octopuslike.
- ...but the Captain preferred to swing himself onto one of the octopine branches with a whirl of large wild legs worthy of a chimpanzee. — 1914

noun1

An analog of lactic acid, derived from the amino acids arginine and alanine, first isolated from the muscle tissue of octopus species.

forms

octopines · more octopine · most octopine

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