iodopsin
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1. a violet photopigment in the retinal cones of the eyes of most vertebrates; plays a role in daylight vision (noun.substance)
hypernym | : | photopigment, |
definition | : | a special pigment found in the rods and cones of the retina (noun.substance) |
part meronym | : | cone, cone cell, retinal cone, |
definition | : | a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color (noun.body) |
substance holonym | : | opsin, |
definition | : | retinal protein formed by the action of light on rhodopsin (noun.substance) |
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