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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

respiratory pigment

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables
res-pi-ra-to-ry pig-ment
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

any of several coloured metal-containing protein pigments which combine reversibly with oxygen and which are found in the tissues of vertebrates and invertebrates and whose role is to transport oxygen

Inflected Forms

respiratory pigments (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

chlorocruorin hemerythrin haemerythrin hemocyanin haemocyanin hemoglobin haemoglobin

Questions

What does respiratory pigment mean?
any of several coloured metal-containing protein pigments which combine reversibly with oxygen and which are found in the tissues of vertebrates and invertebrates and whose role is to transport oxygen

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