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Afro-Asiatic language
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bilin
Word definitions for bilin in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Bilins , bilanes or bile pigments are biological pigments formed in many organisms as a metabolic product of certain porphyrins . Bilin (also called bilichrome) was named as a bile pigment of mammals , but can also be found in lower vertebrates , invertebrates ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bilin \Bi"lin\, n. [Cf. F. biline, from L. bilis bile.] (Physiol. Chem.) A name applied to the amorphous or crystalline mass obtained from bile by the action of alcohol and ether. It is composed of a mixture of the sodium salts of the bile acids.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context biochemistry English) Any of various biological pigments formed in many organisms as a metabolic product of certain porphyrins.
Usage examples of bilin.
I have torn up my first complaint and have written a second in Latin, which an advocate of Bilin has translated for me and which I have deposited at the office of the judiciary at Dux.
I thawt the Bar insisted on steerin strate for my dooryard in Baldinsville and that Betsy Jane cum out and giv us a warm recepshun with a panfull of Bilin water.
She retired, but cum out agin putty quick with a panfull of Bilin hot water which she throwed all over the Squire, & Surs, you wood have split your sides larfin to see the old man jump up and holler & run into the house.