respiratory pigments

A form of respiratory pigment — any of several coloured metal-containing protein pigments which combine reversibly with oxygen and which are found in the tissues of vertebrates and invertebrates and whose role is to transport oxygen

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noun
  1. pluralplural of respiratory pigment
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