HEMOCYANIN


Meaning of HEMOCYANIN in English

ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈsīənə̇n noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary hem- + cyan- + -in

: a colorless copper-containing respiratory pigment found in solution in the blood plasma of various arthropods and mollusks and converted by oxygen to blue oxyhemocyanin

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.