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tetrachromat

tetrachromat noun: one who is capable of identifying four primary colors; one whose vision exhibits tetrachromacy.

Noun

tetrachromat (plural tetrachromats)

  1. One who is capable of identifying four primary colors; one whose vision exhibits tetrachromacy.
    • Blood on the berries―red on red―but to you, a tetrachromat, the two reds are distinctive.2022, Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Vintage (2023), page 340

Forms of tetrachromat

pluraltetrachromats

Origin of tetrachromat

From tetra- + chromatic.

Questions about tetrachromat

What does tetrachromat mean?
Tetrachromat means one who is capable of identifying four primary colors; one whose vision exhibits tetrachromacy.
What part of speech is tetrachromat?
Tetrachromat is a noun.
What is the plural of tetrachromat?
The plural of tetrachromat is tetrachromats.

Words near tetrachromat in the dictionary

  1. tetrachoric
  2. tetrachotomies
  3. tetrachotomous
  4. tetrachotomy
  5. tetrachromacy
  6. tetrachromat
  7. tetrachromate
  8. tetrachromates
  9. tetrachromatic
  10. tetrachromats
  11. tetrachrome

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