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Noun Concept
Categories: Pigment cells, Cells, Articles with short description, Cephalopod zootomy
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chromatophore  Chromomorphism  chromatocyte  chromatophores  Chromatophoric
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Chromatophores are cells that produce color, of which many types are pigment-containing cells, or groups of cells, found in a wide range of animals including amphibians, fish, reptiles, crustaceans and cephalopods. Wikipedia
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Chromatophores are cells that produce color, of which many types are pigment-containing cells, or groups of cells, found in a wide range of animals including amphibians, fish, reptiles, crustaceans and cephalopods. Wikipedia
A kind of pigmented cell or organ found in some animals. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Animal cells that produce color, of which many types are pigment-containing cells Wikidata
A pigment-containing and light-reflecting cell found in amphibians, fish, reptiles, crustaceans and cephalopods. OmegaWiki
A pigment-bearing cell or structure found in certain fish, reptiles, cephalopods, and other animals. Wiktionary
Pigment-bearing cell or structure. Wiktionary (translation)
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Cuttlefish skin contains chromatophores that enable it to change colour. Wiktionary
IS A
cell
color in nature
HAS PART
reflectin
PART OF
Synchiropus splendidus
HAS KIND
melanocyte
Iridophore
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
FOUND IN TAXON
amphibian
cephalopod
crustacean
fish
reptile
Wikipedia
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chromatophore
Wikidata
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chromatophore, Chromomorphism
Wiktionary
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chromatophore
OmegaWiki
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chromatophore
Wikipedia Redirections
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chromatophores, Chromatophoric, Chromomorphic, Chromomorphism, Cromatophore, cyanophore, erythrophore, erythrophores, iridocyte, iridophore, iridophores, Irodophore, leucophore, melanophore, melanophores, metachrosis, Physiological color change, physiological colour change, pigment cell, xanthophore, xanthophores
Wikidata Alias
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chromatocyte, chromatophores, pigment cell, pigment cells

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