fi·bro·in
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Audio Help [fahy-broh-in] Pronunciation Key –noun Biochemistry.
| an indigestible protein that is a principal component of spider webs and silk. |
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Fibroin
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n. An insoluble white protein that is the essential component of raw silk and spider-web filaments. |
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Fibroin
Fi"bro*in\ (? or ?), n. [L. fibra a fiber.] (Chem.) A variety of gelatin; the chief ingredient of raw silk, extracted as a white amorphous mass.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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