Octopine

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

Noun

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

Synonyms

• D-octopine

Derived terms

• octopine dehydrogenase

octopus + -ine (of or pertaining to)

Full definition of octopine

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to an octopus or octopuses.
• 1914, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, The Flying Inn Chapter , ...but the Captain preferred to swing himself onto one of the octopine branches with a whirl of large wild legs worthy of a chimpanzee.

Synonyms

• octopean, octopian, octopic, octopuslike, octopusian, octopusal, octopussial, octopoid