Chromatophores are pigment-containing and light-reflecting organelles in cells found in a wide range of animals including amphibians, fish, reptiles, crustaceans, cephalopods, and bacteria. Mammals and birds, in contrast, have a class of cells called melanocytes with a similar function. Chromatophores are largely responsible for generating skin an...
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• (n.) 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. • (n.) One of the granules of protoplasm, which in mass give color to the part of the pla...
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pigment-containing cell in the deeper layers of the skin of animals. Depending on the colour of their pigment, chromatophores are termed ... [7 related articles]
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Chromatophores enable the cuttlefish to change color in a split-second • A cell with pigment as granules in its cytoplasm. In many vertebrates (e.g. chameleon, frog), crustaceans, and cephalopods, rapidly changing concentration or dispersion of the pigment granules with the cell alters the ...
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1. Pigment containing cells of the dermis, particularly in teleosts and amphibians. By controlling the intracellular distribution of pigment granules the animal can blend with the background. Melanocytes and melanophores are melanin containing chromatophores. ... 2. Term occasionally used for chloroplasts in the chromophyte algae. ... (18 Nov 1997)...
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(kro-mat´o-for″) a pigment cell in animals or color-producing organelle in plant cells.
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Chro'ma·to·phore` noun [ Greek ..., ..., color + ... to bear.]
1. (Zoology) 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...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: krō-mat′ō-fōr Definitions: 1. A colored plastid, due to the presence of chlorophyll or other pigments, found in certain forms of protozoa. 2. Melanophage; a pigment-bearing phagocyte found chiefly in the skin, mucous membrane, and choroid coat of the eye, and also in melanomas. 3. A colored plastid in ...
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chromatophore, chromatophoric 1. A pigment-containing or pigment-producing cell, especially in certain lizards, that by expansion or contraction can change the color of the skin; octopus, squid, and some frogs and lizards contain these cells. Also called pigment cell. 2. A specialized pigment-bearing organelle in certain photosynthetic bacteria an...
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a skin cell that contains pigment.
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a cell containing pigment, esp. one that through contraction and expansion produces a temporary color, as in cuttlefishes. · one of the colored plastids in plant cells.
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