octopine

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An analog of lactic acid, derived from the amino acids arginine and alanine, first isolated from the muscle tissue of octopus species.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling an octopus or octopuses; octopuslike.
    — ...but the Captain preferred to swing himself onto one of the octopine branches with a whirl of large wild legs worthy of a chimpanzee.

词形变化

octopines plural more octopine comparative most octopine superlative

词源

词源 1
Octopus octopodia (the common octopus) + -ine (chemically basic or alkaloidal substance)
词源 2
From octop(us) + -ine.
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