metachrosis 

  1. 名詞
變色機能
/此名詞複數為"metachroses"/

    
                        
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                                The voluntary control of chromatophores is known as metachrosis .                            
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                                This process, often used as a type of camouflage, is called physiological colour change or metachrosis .                            
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                                There are two mechanisms of active camouflage in animals: counter-illumination camouflage, and colour change (sometimes called " metachrosis ").                            
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                                Like some other cephalopods, bigfin reef squids are capable of metachrosis – rapidly changing body colouration and patterns through voluntary control of chromatophores.                            
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