Dichromatic

3 definitions found

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

  Dichromatic \Di`chro*mat"ic\, a. [Pref. di- + chromatic: cf. Gr.
     ?.]
     1. Having or exhibiting two colors.
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     2. (Zool.) Having two color varieties, or two phases


        differing in color, independently of age or sex, as in
        certain birds and insects.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dichromatic
       adj 1: of or relating to dichromatism
       2: having two colors; "a bicolor flower"; "a bicolored postage
          stamp" [syn: {bicolor}, {bicolour}, {bicolored}, {bicoloured},
           {bichrome}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "dichromatic":
     bicolor, bicolored, chromatic, cold, colorful, colorific, coloring,
     colory, cool, crazy, daedal, divers-colored, glowing, harlequin,
     harmonious, kaleidoscopic, many-colored, matching, medley,
     monochromatic, monochrome, monochromic, motley, multicolor,
     multicolored, multicolorous, parti-color, parti-colored,
     pigmentary, polychromatic, prismal, prismatic, rainbow, shot,
     shot through, spectral, thunder and lightning, tinctorial, tingent,
     toning, trichromatic, trichromic, tricolor, tricolored, two-tone,
     varicolored, variegated, versicolor, versicolored, warm