chromatophore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A pigment-bearing cell or structure found in certain fish, reptiles, cephalopods, and other animals

/krəˈmætəˌfɔr/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Yangolin-chromatophore.wav

chromatophore chromatophores

From chromato- (“color”) + -phore (“bearer”).

chromatophoral chromophore

chromatophoric chromatophorotropic

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