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turacin Chem.|ˈtjʊərəsɪn|
[f. mod.L. Turac-us turaco + -in1.]
A crimson animal pigment, found by Professor A. H. Church in the wing-feathers of about 26 species of birds of the genera Turacus, Gallirex, and Musophaga, confined to the æthiopic region of Central Africa; closely allied to hæmoglobin, but free from iron, and containing over 7 per cent. of copper.
1868A. H. Church in Student & Intell. Observ. I. 161 Turacine, a new animal pigment containing copper. 1869― in Phil. Trans. CLIX. 627 Researches on Turacin. 1885Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) IV. 5 Another red [pigment], turacin, causes the magnificent red on the wings of the Musophagidæ. |