Usually means: Light-producing organ in animals.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word photophore:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. photophore: Merriam-Webster
  2. photophore: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. photophore: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. photophore: Collins English Dictionary
  5. photophore: Wordnik
  6. photophore: Wiktionary
  7. photophore: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. photophore: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Photophore, photophore: Dictionary.com
  10. Photophore (disambiguation), Photophore: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. photophore: FreeDictionary.org
  12. photophore: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (photophore)

noun:  (biology) A light-emitting organ, found in some fish and other marine animals.
noun:  (medicine) A form of endoscope using an electric light.

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