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hæmerythrin, hem- Biochem.|ˌhiːmɛˈrɪθrɪn| [f. Gr. αἷµ-α blood + erythrin.] A red respiratory pigment in the blood of certain invertebrates.
1903Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXXIV. ii. 741 Haemerythrin, the pink colouring matter in the blood of Sipunculus and a few other worms, is contained in the blood corpuscles. 1950Sci. News XV. 103 A..rare red respiratory pigment is hæmerythrin possessed by certain marine animals. 1963R. P. Dales Annelids iii. 70 Amongst other peculiar features they have enucleate corpuscles containing the respiratory pigment haemerythrin, unique in the Annelida, and found elsewhere only in the sipunculids. |