Synonyms for "chromatophore"

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Related terms

2 entries

chromatophoralchromophore

derived

2 entries

chromatophoricchromatophorotropic

related to

7 entries

camouflagecellcephalopodfishmelanocytepigmentreptile

Translations

12 translations across 12 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries

• cromatòfor noun (pigment-bearing cell or structure)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 色素細胞 /色素细胞 noun (pigment-bearing cell or structure)

Esperanto

1 entries

• kromatoforo noun (pigment-bearing cell or structure)

French

1 entries

• chromatophore noun (pigment-bearing cell or structure)

Galician

1 entries

• cromatóforo noun (pigment-bearing cell or structure)

Hebrew

1 entries

• כרומטופור noun (pigment-bearing cell or structure)

Italian

1 entries

• cromatoforo noun (pigment-bearing cell or structure)

Japanese

1 entries

• 色素胞 noun (pigment-bearing cell or structure)

Portuguese

1 entries

• cromatóforo noun (pigment-bearing cell or structure)

Russian

1 entries

• хроматофор noun (pigment-bearing cell or structure)

Spanish

1 entries

• cromatóforo noun (pigment-bearing cell or structure)

Vietnamese

1 entries

• tế bào sắc tố noun (pigment-bearing cell or structure)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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Cuttlefish skin contains chromatophores that enable it to change colour.

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