chromatophore

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Englisch - Türkisch
kromatofor
(Tıp) Pigment hücresi, pigment ihtiva eden renk verici hücre (Deri ve iris'te olduğu gibi)
Englisch - Englisch
A pigment-bearing cell or structure found in certain fish, reptiles, cephalopods, and other animals

Cuttlefish skin contains chromatophores that enable it to change color.

A contractile cell or vesicle containing liquid pigment and capable of changing its form or size, thus causing changes of color in the translucent skin of such animals as possess them
They are highly developed and numerous in the cephalopods
One of the granules of protoplasm, which in mass give color to the part of the plant containing them
{i} cell which contains pigments (Zoology, Biology)
chromatophore

    Silbentrennung

    chro·ma·to·phore

    Aussprache

    Etymologie

    () From chromato- + -phore ; hence literally "color-bearer".
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