chromatophore in English
noun
1
a cell or plastid that contains pigment.
The rapid changes in shade and colour are made possible by cells called chromatophores , which are full of pigment and can expand or contract under nervous control.
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1. Inside the chromatophore cell, pigment granules are enclosed in an elastic sac, called the cytoelastic sacculus.
2. Consider: The cuttlefish changes color by using the chromatophore, a special kind of cell found under its skin.
3. In another Science Friday Educate resource, we learned about how the chromatophore layer allows Cephalopods to instantly generate one of three types of patterns (uniform, mottled, or disruptive) using only three colors: red, yellow, and brown.