turacin

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The red or crimson coloring matter of the feathers of the turakoo. in solution turacin gives two absorption-bands of its spectrum like those of oxyhemoglobin.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Physiol.), (Chem.) A red or crimson pigment obtained from certain feathers of several species of turacou; whence the name. It contains nearly six per cent of copper.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun organic chemistry A red or crimson pigment obtained from certain feathers of several species of turacou.