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papiliochrome

papiliochrome noun: any of a group of yellow pigments found in the wings of papilionid butterflies.

Noun

papiliochrome (countable and uncountable, plural papiliochromes)

  1. Any of a group of yellow pigments found in the wings of papilionid butterflies
    • Much of the pigment-based coloration in invertebrates results from products of the melanin, ommochrome, pteridine, papiliochrome and heme synthesis pathways.2015 December 23, “Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of the Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas Characterized by Shell Colors: Identification of Genetic Bases Potentially Involved in Pigmentation”, in...

Forms of papiliochrome

pluralpapiliochromes

Origin of papiliochrome

From papilionid + -chrome.

Questions about papiliochrome

What does papiliochrome mean?
Papiliochrome means any of a group of yellow pigments found in the wings of papilionid butterflies.
What part of speech is papiliochrome?
Papiliochrome is a noun.
What is the plural of papiliochrome?
The plural of papiliochrome is papiliochromes.

Words near papiliochrome in the dictionary

  1. Papikians
  2. Papikyan
  3. Papikyans
  4. papiliform
  5. papilio
  6. papiliochrome
  7. papiliochromes
  8. papilioerythrinone
  9. papilionaceous
  10. papilionate
  11. papilionid

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