What's the difference between melene and melissylene?

Melene

Definition:

  • (n.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C30H60, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax; -- called also melissene, and melissylene.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The raccoon was weak, ataxic and had melenic soft feces.
  • (2) A new microsporidian, Loma camerounensis, was found in the Cichlidae Oreochromis niloticus from the Melen fish-rearing station in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Melissylene

Definition:

  • (n.) See Melene.

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