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单词 xanthophore
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xanthophore
xanthophore n.
Brit. /ˈzanθə(ʊ)fɔː/
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U.S. /ˈzænθəˌfɔr/
[ < German xanthophor (R. Keller 1895, in Arch. f. Physiol. LXI. 148): see -phore comb. form] Zoology a cell (as in an animal's skin) containing a yellow pigment.
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xanthophore1903
1903 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 39 261 The two remaining types of pigment bodies in the chameleon, erythrophores and xanthophores, were not identified in Anolis.
1948 Special Publ. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 4 292 Fries..has obtained considerable evidence pointing to the conclusion that xanthophores are also doubly innervated and believes that neurohumors are involved.
1965 J. Lee & F. Knowles Animal Hormones x. 127 The hormone MSH [sc. melanocyte stimulating hormone] not only acts on the melanophores, but also on the xanthophores and erythrophores.
1974 D. Webster & M. Webster Compar. Vertebr. Morphol. viii. 173 Other chromatophores, called xanthophores, contain carotenoid and pteridine pigments and cause much of the yellow-to-red coloration.
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