Usually means: Pigment cell responding to light.
Definitions Related words Mentions History
We found 15 dictionaries that define the word melanophore:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. melanophore: Merriam-Webster
  2. melanophore: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. melanophore: Collins English Dictionary
  4. melanophore: Wordnik
  5. melanophore: Wiktionary
  6. melanophore: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. melanophore: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. melanophore: Dictionary.com
  9. melanophore: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. melanophore: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. melanophore: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. melanophore: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  2. Fishkeeping glossary (No longer online)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (melanophore)

▸ noun:  (biology) A cell containing melanin or other black pigment, such as are found in fish, amphibians, and reptiles

Similar:
melanopore, melanaphore, chromatophore, melanoleucophore, melanophagosome, macromelanophore, melanosperm, melanoiridoblast, photophore, chromoblast, more...

Opposite:
xanthophore, leukophore, erythrophore

▸ Words similar to melanophore

▸ Usage examples for melanophore

▸ Idioms related to melanophore

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Popular adjectives describing melanophore

▸ Words that often appear near melanophore

▸ Rhymes of melanophore

▸ Invented words related to melanophore

Similar:
melanopore, melanaphore, chromatophore, melanoleucophore, melanophagosome, macromelanophore, melanosperm, melanoiridoblast, photophore, chromoblast, more...

Opposite:
xanthophore, leukophore, erythrophore



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "melanophore" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Compound Your Joy