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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A red pigment found in the retinal cones of the eyes of certain fishes, reptiles, and birds. The pigment is held in solution by a fatty body.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol.) The red pigment contained in the inner segments of the cones of the retina in animals. See
chromophane .
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- noun biochemistry The
red pigment in the innersegments of thecones of theretina inanimals .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek rose + to show.
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