phycobilin
phy·co·bi·lin
noun
1.
water-soluble proteinaceous pigments found in red algae and cyanobacteria
Origin
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin roots/stems referring to plants and bile. By surface analysis, phyco- + bilin = phyco- + bili- + -in, although according to American Heritage Dictionary, bilin was back-formed from phycobilin (as opposed to phycobilin being derived from bilin as surface analysis suggests).
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