reflectin

See also: reflectín

English

Etymology

reflect +‎ -in

Noun

reflectin (countable and uncountable, plural reflectins)

  1. (biochemistry) A protein, found in certain squids, that self-organizes into a film of regularly spaced stripes, the separation of which functions as a tunable diffraction grating to produce a range of reflective colours in the animal's skin

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