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latherin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lath-erin
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A surfactant protein, found in the sweat of equines, which allows sweat to penetrate the waterproof coat and there evaporate and cool the animal.

Etymology

From lather + -in from the ability of the protein to produce a frothy lather of sweat on equines.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

latherins (plural)

Questions

What does latherin mean?
A surfactant protein, found in the sweat of equines, which allows sweat to penetrate the waterproof coat and there evaporate and cool the animal.
Where does latherin come from?
From lather + -in from the ability of the protein to produce a frothy lather of sweat on equines.

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