sclerotin

[ skleer-uh-tin, skler- ]

nounBiochemistry.
  1. an insoluble protein that serves to stiffen the chitin of the cuticle of arthropods.

Origin of sclerotin

1
1935–40; <Greek sklērṓt(ēs) hardness + -in2

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British Dictionary definitions for sclerotin

sclerotin

/ (ˈsklɛrəʊtɪn) /


noun
  1. a protein in the cuticle of insects that becomes hard and dark

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