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Proteinaceous

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adj. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of protein

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Of or related to protein; albuminous; proteid.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Resembling, containing, or consisting of protein. Also proteinous.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. relating to or of the nature of protein

Word Usage

"They have different kinds of cells—digestive cells, cells that secrete the spicules segments of the body skeleton of spongy proteinaceous material, and so on—which can communicate with one another and divide up the labor of life to work together as a single individual."

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

albuminous proteid

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Ignatius audacious capacious ceraceous crustaceous

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