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Chromatophore \Chro"ma*to*phore`\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, color + fe`rein
to bear.]
1. (Zool.) 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.
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2. (Bot.) One of the granules of protoplasm, which in mass
give color to the part of the plant containing them.
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