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haemocyanin

/ ˌhiːməʊˈsaɪənɪn /

noun

  1. a blue copper-containing respiratory pigment in crustaceans and molluscs that functions as haemoglobin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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

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