Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A red coloring-matter found in the corpuscles of the fluid in the body-cavity of gephyreans, probably having a respiratory function like the hemoglobin of other animals. Also hemærythrin.

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  • noun biochemistry A respiratory pigment found in sipunculids, priapulids and brachiopods.

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  • I just posted about the priapalids or "penis worms", whose blood used hemerythrin lacks porphyrin rather than hemoglobin to transport oxygen. their blood is pinkish-violet.

    languagehat.com: ABRA CADABRA. 2004

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