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xanthopterin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
xan-thopterin
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A yellow crystalline solid that occurs mainly in the wings of butterflies and in the urine of mammals, converted by microorganisms into folic acid.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From xantho- + pterin.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

xanthopterins (plural)

Derived Forms

isoxanthopterin

Questions

What does xanthopterin mean?
A yellow crystalline solid that occurs mainly in the wings of butterflies and in the urine of mammals, converted by microorganisms into folic acid.
Where does xanthopterin come from?
From xantho- + pterin.

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