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(fī′brō in)

noun

a pale-yellow, albuminoid protein forming almost the entire thread of a spider and the core of raw silk

Origin: fibro- + -in

See fibroin in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An insoluble white protein that is the essential component of raw silk and spider-web filaments.

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