Usually means: Pigment cell containing yellow pigment.
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  1. xanthophore: Merriam-Webster
  2. xanthophore: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. xanthophore: Wiktionary
  4. xanthophore: Dictionary.com
  5. Xanthophore: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (xanthophore)

▸ noun:  (biology) A xanthochrome-containing chromatophore, frequently a lipophore.

Similar:
lipophore, xanthochrome, xanthophyll, xanthophyl, xanthophane, xanthommatin, xanthid, xanthide, xanthommatine, xanthorin, more...

Opposite:
erythrophore, melanophore, leucophore

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Similar:
lipophore, xanthochrome, xanthophyll, xanthophyl, xanthophane, xanthommatin, xanthid, xanthide, xanthommatine, xanthorin, more...

Opposite:
erythrophore, melanophore, leucophore



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