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chro·mat·o·phore (kr

-m

t

-fôr

, -f

r

)

n.

1. A pigment-containing or pigment-producing cell, especially in certain lizards, that by expansion or contraction can change the color of the skin. Also called pigment cell.

2. A specialized pigment-bearing organelle in certain photosynthetic bacteria and cyanobacteria.

chro·mato·phoric (-fôr

k, -f

r

-) adj.

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