Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A brown or black melanin-containing chromatophore found in the skin of a fish, amphibian, or reptile.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large cell which contains dark pigment-granules. Typical examples occur in the common fence-lizard, Anolis, which turns from green to brown.
- noun The dark-brown chromatophore of the algæ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology A cell containing
melanin or other black pigment, such as are found infish ,amphibians , andreptiles
Etymologies
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melano- + -phore
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Examples
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African clawed frog (Xenopus Laevis) sport unique melanophore (pigment cells) that slowly move across the skin of the animal.
Medgadget 2009
reesetee commented on the word melanophore
A cell containing melanin.
February 16, 2008