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dichromatisms

dichromatisms is the plural of dichromatism.

Meaning of dichromatism

Noun

dichromatism (countable and uncountable, plural dichromatisms)

  1. The condition of being dichromatic
  2. A form of colourblindness in which only two of the three primary colours can be distinguished
  3. The condition when male and female birds have different plumage colors.
    • There long had been a bias among researchers to think of the evolution of sexual dichromatism as driven by changes in male coloration.2010, Geoffrey E. Hill, Geoffrey Edward Hill, National Geographic Bird Coloration

Phrases with dichromatisms

Questions about dichromatisms

What is dichromatisms the plural of?
Dichromatisms is the plural of dichromatism.

Words near dichromatisms in the dictionary

  1. dichromates
  2. dichromatic
  3. dichromatically
  4. dichromating
  5. dichromatism
  6. dichromatisms
  7. dichromatopsia
  8. dichromats
  9. dichromic
  10. dichromic acid
  11. dichromism

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