retinochrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a class of photosensitive pigment, related to rhodopsin, located primarily in the inner portions of the visual cells of cephalopods

Word forms

retinochrome retinochromes

Etymology

From retino- + -chrome.

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