— chromatophoric /kreuh mat'euh fawr"ik, -for"ik, kroh"meuh teuh-/ , chromatophorous /kroh'meuh tof"euhr euhs/ , adj.
/kreuh mat"euh fawr', -fohr', kroh"meuh teuh-/ , n.
1. Zool. a cell containing pigment, esp. one that through contraction and expansion produces a temporary color, as in cuttlefishes.
2. Bot. one of the colored plastids in plant cells.
[ 1860-65; CHROMATO- + -PHORE ]