Usually means: Photoreceptor for color vision detection.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (cone cell)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) Any of the photoreceptor cells in the retina that are responsible for colour vision in relatively bright light.

Similar:
cone, retinal cone, cockeye, contact lens, eyecorner, cat's-eye, cat's eye, eye lens, cuneus, geocell, more...

Opposite:
rod cell, scotopic cell

Types:
blue cone cell, red cone cell, green cone cell, more...

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Similar:
cone, retinal cone, cockeye, contact lens, eyecorner, cat's-eye, cat's eye, eye lens, cuneus, geocell, more...

Opposite:
rod cell, scotopic cell

Types:
blue cone cell, red cone cell, green cone cell, more...



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