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Meaning of ichthidin | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A substance from the egg yolk of osseous fishes.

archaic, uncountable

Examples

“From these facts, it follows that the eggs of fishes of the family of Cyprinidæ, when only a little developed, contain, with a soluble substance ichthidin, a liquid strongly albuminous holding in solution mineral salts, […]”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

ichthin ichthine ichthol. ichthulin ichthyism ichthyoacanthotoxin