What does "octopine" mean?

An analog of lactic acid, derived from the amino acids arginine and alanine, first isolated from the muscle tissue of octopus species.

What is a synonym for "octopine"?

Common synonyms include: d octopine, d-octopine, list in octopuslike, octopean, octopuslike.

adj, noun

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Noun

1
An analog of lactic acid, derived from the amino acids arginine and alanine, first isolated from the muscle tissue of octopus species.

Adjective

1
Of, pertaining to, or resembling an octopus or octopuses; octopuslike.
"...but the Captain preferred to swing himself onto one of the octopine branches with a whirl of large wild legs worthy of a chimpanzee."

"...but the Captain preferred to swing himself onto one of the octopine branches with a whirl of large wild legs worthy of a chimpanzee."

Etymology 1

Octopus octopodia (the common octopus) + -ine (chemically basic or alkaloidal substance)

Etymology 2

From octop(us) + -ine.

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