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metachrosis

metachrosis noun: the ability to change colour by the expansion and contraction of chromatophores.

Noun

metachrosis

  1. The ability to change colour by the expansion and contraction of chromatophores

metachrosis meaning in Tamil

metachrosis in Tamil

விலங்குடல் நிறமாற்றம்

Origin of metachrosis

From meta- + Ancient Greek χρώσις (khrṓsis), from χρώς (khrṓs).

Questions about metachrosis

What does metachrosis mean?
Metachrosis means the ability to change colour by the expansion and contraction of chromatophores.
What is metachrosis in Tamil?
Metachrosis in Tamil is விலங்குடல் நிறமாற்றம். See Metachrosis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is metachrosis?
Metachrosis is a noun.

Words near metachrosis in the dictionary

  1. metachronisms
  2. metachronistic
  3. metachronous
  4. metachronously
  5. metachrony
  6. metachrosis
  7. metachrotic
  8. metachurl
  9. metacinema
  10. metacinematic
  11. metacinematically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: metachrosis (page history and authors); metachrosis (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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