bilin
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bi·lin
(bī′lĭn)n.
1. Any of various organic pigments that contain four linearly arranged pyrrole rings.
2. Any of these pigments that are found in red algae and cyanobacteria; a phycobilin.
[Back-formation from phycobilin.]
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