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leucophores

leucophores is the plural of leucophore.

Meaning of leucophore

Noun

leucophore (plural leucophores)

  1. Any chromatophore that shows white in reflected light.
    • When the overlying chromatophores are fully contracted, the underlying leucophores reflect the light making the papillae appear “chalky white”.2006, Luciana Borrelli, Francesca Gherardi, Graziano Fiorito, A Catalogue of Body Patterning in Cephalopoda, page 216

Questions about leucophores

What is leucophores the plural of?
Leucophores is the plural of leucophore.

Words near leucophores in the dictionary

  1. leucophlegmacy
  2. leucophlegmatic
  3. leucophobia
  4. leucophoenicite
  5. leucophore
  6. leucophores
  7. leucophosphite
  8. leucophyll
  9. leucoplakia
  10. leucoplakial
  11. leucoplakias

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