metachrosis

English

Etymology

from meta- + Greek khrōs colour (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

metachrosis

  1. (zoology) The ability to change colour by the expansion and contraction of chromatophores

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