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merlin.

A small falcon, Falco columbarius, that breeds in northern North America, Europe, and Asia.

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noun/ˈmɝlɪn/
  1. A small falcon, Falco columbarius, that breeds in northern North America, Europe, and Asia.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English merlioun, merlion, marlyon, merlyon, merlinge, from Old French emerillon, esmerillon, from Old Frankish *smiril (“falcon, hawk”), from Proto-Germanic *smirilaz (“falcon, merlin”). Cognate with Old High German smirl (“falcon”), Old Norse smyrill (“falcon”).

noun/ˈmɝlɪn/
  1. A cytoskeletal protein active in the suppression of tumors.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

Acronym of moesin-ezrin-radixin-like protein + -in (“protein”)

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