Usually means: Visual pigment found in fish.
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  1. porphyropsin: Merriam-Webster
  2. porphyropsin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. porphyropsin: Collins English Dictionary
  4. porphyropsin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. porphyropsin: Dictionary.com
  6. Porphyropsin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. porphyropsin: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. porphyropsin: Wiktionary

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  1. porphyropsin: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. porphyropsin: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  Any of a group of purple carotenoid pigments, similar to rhodopsin, in the retinas of some fish

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parapinopsin, rhodopsin, photopsin, proteorhodopsin, bacteriorhodopsin, xenopsin, chlamyopsin, photopigment, opsin, xanthorhodopsin, more...

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parapinopsin, rhodopsin, photopsin, proteorhodopsin, bacteriorhodopsin, xenopsin, chlamyopsin, photopigment, opsin, xanthorhodopsin, more...



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