hæmerythrin

A form of hemerythrin — A respiratory pigment found in sipunculids, priapulids and brachiopods.

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Meanings

nounhæmerythrin (countable and uncountable, plural hæmerythrins)

plural hæmerythrins

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of hemerythrin.

    The most important respiratory pigments are hæmoglobin, hæmocyanin, and hæmerythrin; some others have been named by different authors, but their respiratory significance seems uncertain.

    1906, John Arthur Thomson, Marion Isabel Newbigin, Outlines of Zoology, page 788
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