Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The change of color which is exhibited by certain animals, such as the chameleon, anoli, and many cephalopods.
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- noun The
dynamic variation incolour of certain animals such as chameleons or cephalopods
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Examples
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Artificial irritation will immediately occasion them to contract, or, as is frequently the case, when contracted, will occasion them to dilate, and the phenomena of tinctumutation may be observed _in facto_.
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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The frog is a tinctumutant, and a microscopic study of its skin will clearly demonstrate the structural and physiological changes that take place in the act of tinctumutation.
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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Neither is tinctumutation the result of the direct influence of light on the chromatophores.
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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When this centre is artificially stimulated either with the point of a needle or with a mild electric current, tinctumutation can be incited at will.
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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The causation of tinctumutation is now definitely known.
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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The apparent absence of color was due to tinctumutation.
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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Pouchet _in toto_, and have even solved, so I believe and unhesitatingly assert, the puzzling problem of the physiological _modus operandi_ of the wonderful phenomenon of tinctumutation.
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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Again, when this centre is destroyed (which can be done without injury to the optic centres), the chromatophoric function ceases -- the phenomenon of tinctumutation is no longer observable.
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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This apparent (for the microscope showed that it was only apparent) absence of color in the last-mentioned specimens was due to tinctumutation.
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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He showed, by his experiments on frogs, that the activity of the chromatophores depended entirely on the healthy condition of the eyes, -- that is, so far as the phenomenon of tinctumutation was concerned.
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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