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photoreceptive

photoreceptive adjective: absorbing and using light, especially for sensory purposes.

Adjective

photoreceptive (not comparable)

  1. Absorbing and using light, especially for sensory purposes

photoreceptive meaning in Tamil

photoreceptive in Tamil

ஒளிவாங்கு திறன்

Origin of photoreceptive

From photo- + receptive.

Words formed from photoreceptive

  • photoreceptivity

Questions about photoreceptive

What does photoreceptive mean?
Photoreceptive means absorbing and using light, especially for sensory purposes.
What is photoreceptive in Tamil?
Photoreceptive in Tamil is ஒளிவாங்கு திறன். See Photoreceptive meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is photoreceptive?
Photoreceptive is an adjective.

Words near photoreceptive in the dictionary

  1. photorearrangements
  2. photoreceiver
  3. photoreceivers
  4. photoreception
  5. photoreceptions
  6. photoreceptive
  7. photoreceptor
  8. photoreceptoral
  9. photoreceptors
  10. photorecombination
  11. photorecombinations

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