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  • 51Red blood cells — The blood cells that carry oxygen. Red cells contain hemoglobin and it is the hemoglobin which permits them to transport oxygen (and carbon dioxide). Hemoglobin, aside from being a transport molecule, is a pigment. It gives the cells their red… …

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  • 52red blood cell — noun Date: 1910 any of the hemoglobin containing cells that carry oxygen to the tissues and are responsible for the red color of vertebrate blood called also erythrocyte, red blood corpuscle, red cell, red corpuscle …

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  • 53red-hot — adjective a) Heated to the point that it glows with a visible red color. The smiths apprentice was still wary of manipulating the red hot metal. b) Emotionally charged, especially with anger or enthusiasm. He really delivered a red hot speech… …

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  • 54red bat — noun North American bat of a brick or rusty red color with hairs tipped with white • Syn: ↑Lasiurus borealis • Hypernyms: ↑vespertilian bat, ↑vespertilionid • Member Holonyms: ↑Lasiurus, ↑genus Lasiurus * * …

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  • 55red oxide of zinc — Zincite inc ite, n. (Min.) Native zinc oxide; a brittle, translucent mineral, of an orange red color; called also {red zinc ore}, and {red oxide of zinc}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 56red shropsavine — Sop Sop, n. [OE. sop, soppe; akin to AS. s?pan to sup, to sip, to drink, D. sop sop, G. suppe soup, Icel. soppa sop. See {Sup}, v. t., and cf. {Soup}.] 1. Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in… …

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  • 57red zinc ore — Zincite inc ite, n. (Min.) Native zinc oxide; a brittle, translucent mineral, of an orange red color; called also {red zinc ore}, and {red oxide of zinc}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 58red mite — noun Date: 1894 any of several mites having a red color: as a. European red mite b. citrus red mite …

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  • 59red snow — snow that has acquired a red color either from airborne particles of red dust or from a type of alga that contains a red pigment. [1670 80] * * * ▪ biology       snow or ice surfaces, usually overlying soil on mountains, that are coloured by… …

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  • 60red rockfish — noun 1. red flesh of large food fish of Pacific coast • Hypernyms: ↑saltwater fish • Part Holonyms: ↑Sebastodes ruberrimus 2. a large fish of the Pacific coast of North America • Syn: ↑Sebastodes ruberrimus …

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