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[-] Technus@lemmy.zip 24 points 3 days ago

Chlorocruorin is really confusingly named. I was trying and failing to find the chlorine in it and was wondering if I was just dumb or blind or what.

khloros is Greek for "green". That's also where chlorine gets its name. So they're only related etymologically.

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