Chromatophore

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chromatophore \Chro"ma*to*phore`\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, color + fe`rein
     to bear.]
     1. (Zool.) A contractile cell or vesicle containing liquid
        pigment and capable of changing its form or size, thus
        causing changes of color in the translucent skin of such
        animals as possess them. They are highly developed and


        numerous in the cephalopods.
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     2. (Bot.) One of the granules of protoplasm, which in mass
        give color to the part of the plant containing them.
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