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schemochromes

schemochromes is the plural of schemochrome.

Meaning of schemochrome

Noun

schemochrome (plural schemochromes)

  1. Colouration produced by microscopic structures that reflect/refract light rather than pigments.
    • First, a blue pigment is known from birds (rhodoxanthin, a xanthophyll producing the blue of fruit pigeons, Ptilinopus; see Buckley 1982 : 61), although the blue of parrots is almost certainly not based on a pigment (biochrome), but rather is a schemochrome (structural color).1973, Florida Ornithological Society, The Florida field naturalist, page n183

Questions about schemochromes

What is schemochromes the plural of?
Schemochromes is the plural of schemochrome.

Words near schemochromes in the dictionary

  1. schemist
  2. schemists
  3. Schemmel
  4. Schemmels
  5. schemochrome
  6. schemochromes
  7. schemoid
  8. schemoids
  9. schemozzle
  10. schemozzled
  11. schemozzles

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