Definition of Chrometophore
Chro"ma*to*phore` (?), n. [Gr. &?;,
&?;, color + &?; to bear.] 1. (Zoöl.)
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.
2. (Bot.) One of the granules of
protoplasm, which in mass give color to the part of the plant
containing them.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A pigment bearing cell or structure found in animals such as fish, reptiles and cephalophods.
Cuttlefish skin contains chromatophores which enable it to change color.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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