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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ae•quor•in n. [Biochem., Histol.]

Biochemistrya protein, secreted by certain jellyfish, that produces a blue light upon binding with calcium.

Neo-Latin Aequor(ea) a genus of jellyfish that produces such a protein (Latin: feminine of aequoreus of the sea, equivalent. to aequor level surface, the sea + -eus -eous) + -in²
1965–70

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