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pabulum
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noun (pl=pabula, pl2=pabulums)
  1. food or fodder, particularly that taken in by plants or animals.
  2. material that feeds a fire.
  3. (figuratively) food for thought.
  4. bland intellectual fare; an undemanding diet of words
protein
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noun
  1. (context, nutrition) One of three major classes of food or source of food energy (4 kcal/gram) abundant in animal-derived foods (ie: meat) and some vegetables, such as legumes. see carbohydrate and fat for the other two major classes
  2. (biochemistry) A large, complex molecule composed of long chains of amino acids linked by a peptide bond

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