reflectin

noun

Etymology

From reflect + -in.

Definitions

  1. A protein, found in certain squids, that self-organizes into a film of regularly spaced…

    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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for reflectin. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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