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melanosome

melanosome noun: any organelle that contains melanin.

Noun

melanosome (plural melanosomes)

  1. Any organelle that contains melanin.

melanosome meaning in Tamil

melanosome in Tamil

கறுநிறமிக் குடமமணி

Forms of melanosome

pluralmelanosomes

Origin of melanosome

From melano- + -some.

Words formed from melanosome

Questions about melanosome

What does melanosome mean?
Melanosome means any organelle that contains melanin.
What is melanosome in Tamil?
Melanosome in Tamil is கறுநிறமிக் குடமமணி. See Melanosome meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is melanosome?
Melanosome is a noun.
What is the plural of melanosome?
The plural of melanosome is melanosomes.

Words near melanosome in the dictionary

  1. melanosed
  2. melanoses
  3. melanosis
  4. melanosity
  5. melanosomal
  6. melanosome
  7. melanosomes
  8. melanosperm
  9. melanospermous
  10. melanosperms
  11. melanosphere

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Adapted from Wiktionary: melanosome (page history and authors); melanosome (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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