A railfan, rail buff or train buff (American English), railway enthusiast or railway buff (Australian / British English), or trainspotter or anorak (British English), is a person interested in a recreational capacity in rail transport. Railfans of many ages can be found worldwide.
In the World Reference Base for Soil Resources and similar soil classification systems, a sapric is a subtype of a histosol where virtually all of the organic material has undergone sufficient decomposition to prevent the identification of plant parts.[1][2] Muck is a sapric soil that is naturally waterlogged or is artificially drained.
GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Mucin(n.) (Physiol. Chem.) Any of a class of high molecular weight glycoproteins which are contained in mucus, and give to the latter secretion its peculiar ropy character. They are found in all the secretions from mucous glands, and also between the fibers of connective tissue, as in tendons.