Chromatophore Definition

krō-mătə-fôr
noun
A special animal cell, usually dermal, that contains pigment granules: it is often capable of expansion and contraction in such a manner that the skin color changes, as in the chameleon.
Webster's New World
Any of several types of pigment cells, especially one found in a fish, amphibian, or reptile.
American Heritage Medicine
A plastid containing chlorophyll or other pigments.
Webster's New World
A specialized pigment-bearing organelle in certain photosynthetic bacteria.
American Heritage Medicine

Other Word Forms of Chromatophore

Noun

Singular:
chromatophore
Plural:
chromatophores

Origin of Chromatophore

  • chromato- (“color”) +‎ -phore (“bearer”)

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Chromatophore Sentence Examples

  • The separate layers of the starch-grain are deposited on it by the activity of the chrmatophore, and according to Meyer the grain is always surrounded by a thin layer of the chromatophore which completely separates it from the cytoplasm.

  • Occupying as these algae do perhaps the lowest grade of plant life, it is a matter of interest to ascertain whether a nucleus or chromatophore is differentiated in their cells, or whether the functions and properties of these bodies are diffused through the whole protoplast.

  • Fischer has further established the fact that the peripheral mass, which is a hollow sphere in spherical cells, and either a hollow cylinder or barrel-shaped body in filamentous forms, must be regarded as the single chromatophore of the Cyanophyceous cell.

  • Embedded in the chromatophore, much in the same way as the nucleus is embedded in the cytoplasm, are the pyrenoids.

  • Each cell contains a flattened chromatophore of a brown or yellow colour.

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