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Turacin

Tu"ra*cin\, n. (Physiol.) (Chem.) A red or crimson pigment obtained from certain feathers of several species of turacou; whence the name. It contains nearly six per cent of copper.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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