spinacene

noun

spina·​cene

ˈspinəˌsēn,

-pīn-

plural -s

: squalene

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary spinac- (from New Latin Spinac-, Spinax genus of sharks, probably from Greek spina, a fish) + -ene

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