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leukophore

leukophore is the alternative form 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

Forms of leukophore

pluralleukophores

Questions about leukophore

What is leukophore the alternative form of?
Leukophore is the alternative form of leucophore.

Words near leukophore in the dictionary

  1. leukopenic
  2. leukophereses
  3. leukopheresis
  4. leukophobia
  5. leukophobic
  6. leukophore
  7. leukophores
  8. leukophoresis
  9. leukoplakia
  10. leukoplakial
  11. leukoplakias

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