ANIMAL STARCH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body

Synonyms:

animal starch; glycogen

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("animal starch" is a kind of...):

polyose; polysaccharide (any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules)

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