retinochrome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

retino- +‎ -chrome

Noun[edit]

retinochrome (plural retinochromes)

  1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of photosensitive pigment, related to rhodopsin, located primarily in the inner portions of the visual cells of cephalopods
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