English Explanatory Dictionary

chlorocruorin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A green respiratory pigment found in many annelids.

Word forms

chlorocruorin

Etymology

From chloro- + cruor + -in (see also cruorin). Named by British zoologist Ray Lankester in 1868.

Related words

chlorocruorohaem chlorocruoroheme cruorin haemocyanin haemerythrin haemoglobin
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