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haemocyanin

/ ˌhiːməʊˈsaɪənɪn /

noun

  1. a blue copper-containing respiratory pigment in crustaceans and molluscs that functions as haemoglobin


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Example Sentences

The blood-corpuscles are large amoebiform cells, and the blood-plasma is coloured blue by haemocyanin.

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