octopineとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

octopine (plural octopines)

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

同意語

• D-octopine

派生語

参考

• octopamine (confused with)

語源 2

From octop(us) +‎ -ine.

形容詞

octopine (comparative more octopine, superlative most octopine)

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling an octopus or octopuses; octopuslike.
   • 1914, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, The Flying Inn, page 266:

     ...but the Captain preferred to swing himself onto one of the octopine branches with a whirl of large wild legs worthy of a chimpanzee.

同意語

• see list in octopuslike

アナグラム

• ectopion