English Explanatory Dictionary

photophore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A light-emitting organ, found in some fish and other marine animals.
  2. A form of endoscope using an electric light.

Word forms

photophore photophores

Etymology

From photo- (“light”) + -phore (“bearer”).

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on P Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary