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turacoverdin Chem.|ˌtjʊərəkəʊˈvɜːdɪn|
[f. as turacin; cf. biliverdin.]
A green colouring-matter occurring in the feathers of some Touracos.
1885Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) IV. 5 A really green pigment has only been found in the touracos—hence the name turacoverdin. 1892A. H. Church in Phil. Trans. CLXXXIII. 512 Dr. C. F. W. Krukenberg..has described a green colouring matter obtained from the green feathers of Turacus corythaix, and of other plantain-eaters, by the employment of a 2 per cent, caustic soda-solution as the solvent. He calls this pigment ‘turacoverdin’, and..states that it contains ‘much iron, but no great quantity of copper and manganese’. |