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cavin

The English word “cavin” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A hollow route, adapted to cover troops and facilitate their approach to a place.
  2. A type of protein that is involved in forming the caveola of many vertebrate cells.

Etymology

From French cavin (same meaning), ultimately from Latin cavus.

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