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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who is capable of identifying four primary colors; one whose vision exhibits tetrachromacy.

   "Blood on the berries―red on red―but to you, a tetrachromat, the two reds are distinctive."

Example

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"Blood on the berries―red on red―but to you, a tetrachromat, the two reds are distinctive."

Etymology

From tetra- + chromatic.

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