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haemocyanin

haemocyanin is the alternative spelling of hemocyanin.

Meaning of hemocyanin

Noun

hemocyanin (countable and uncountable, plural hemocyanins)

  1. a blue copper-containing respiratory pigment (a metalloprotein) found in most molluscs, and some arthropods
    Synonyms:
    Hc

Forms of haemocyanin

pluralhaemocyanins

Origin of haemocyanin

From haemo- + cyan + -in.

Words formed from haemocyanin

Questions about haemocyanin

What is haemocyanin the alternative spelling of?
Haemocyanin is the alternative spelling of hemocyanin.

Words near haemocyanin in the dictionary

  1. haemoconcentrator
  2. haemoconcentrators
  3. haemoconia
  4. haemoculture
  5. haemocultures
  6. haemocyanin
  7. haemocyanins
  8. haemocyte
  9. haemocytes
  10. haemocytic
  11. haemocytoblast

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Adapted from Wiktionary: haemocyanin (page history and authors); hemocyanin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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