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photophore

photophore noun: a light-emitting organ, found in some fish and other marine animals.

Noun

photophore (plural photophores)

  1. A light-emitting organ, found in some fish and other marine animals.
  2. A form of endoscope using an electric light.

photophore meaning in Tamil

photophore in Tamil

ஒளிக் கால்

Forms of photophore

pluralphotophores

Origin of photophore

From photo- (“light”) + -phore (“bearer”).

Questions about photophore

What does photophore mean?
Photophore means a light-emitting organ, found in some fish and other marine animals.
What is photophore in Tamil?
Photophore in Tamil is ஒளிக் கால். See Photophore meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is photophore?
Photophore is a noun.
What is the plural of photophore?
The plural of photophore is photophores.

Words near photophore in the dictionary

  1. photophone
  2. photophones
  3. photophonic
  4. photophonophobia
  5. photophony
  6. photophore
  7. photophores
  8. photophoresis
  9. photophoretic
  10. photophosphorescence
  11. photophosphorescent

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