Bathychrome

/ˈbæθɪˌkroʊm/ noun

Definition

An organism or substance that displays color changes in response to deep-water or high-pressure environments.

Etymology

From Greek 'bathos' (depth) + 'chroma' (color). First used in marine biology in the early 20th century to describe color-adaptive features of deep-sea organisms.

Kelly Says

Deep-sea creatures like anglerfish and hatchetfish often appear red or black because blue light can't penetrate the ocean depths—their bathychromic colors are essentially invisible camouflage in the abyss!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ባትይክሮም
ba-ti-kro-m
ARالعربية
بحرية اللون
baḥrīya al-laṇ
BNবাংলা
ব্যাথিক্রোম
bhya-thi-kro-m
CACatalà
bathychrome
ba-thi-krohm
CSČeština
bathychrom
ba-thi-krome
DADansk
bathychrom
ba-thi-krome
DEDeutsch
Bathychrom
bah-ti-krohm
ELΕλληνικά
βαθυχρωμα
va-thi-kro-ma
ESEspañol
baticromo
bah-thee-kroh-meh
FAفارسی
بیتیکروم
beet-i-kro-m
FISuomi
bathychrom
ba-thi-krohm
FRFrançais
bathychrome
ba-thi-krome
GUGU
બાથિક્રોમ
ba-thi-kro-m
HAHA
bathychrome
ba-thi-krohm
HEעברית
בַּטְיִכְרוֹם
bat-yi-krohm
HIहिन्दी
गहरा रंग
ga-hraa ra-ng
HUMagyar
bathychrom
ba-thi-krome
IDBahasa Indonesia
baticrom
bah-ti-krome
IGIG
bathychrome
ba-thi-krohm
ITItaliano
baticromo
ba-ti-kro-mo
JA日本語
バシクローム
bashicuroomu
KKKK
батыхро
ba-ty-khro
KMKM
បាធីគ្រូម
ba-thee-kro-m
KO한국어
바시크로
bashikeuro
MRMR
बॅथिक्रोम
ba-thee-kro-m
MSBahasa Melayu
baticrom
bah-ti-krome
MYမြန်မာ
ဘသီခရိုမ်
ba-thee-khro-m
NLNederlands
bathychrome
ba-thi-krohm
NONorsk
bathychrom
ba-thi-krome
PAPA
ਬਾਥਿਕ੍ਰੋਮ
ba-thi-kro-m
PLPolski
bathychrom
bah-ti-krome
PTPortuguês
baticromo
bah-tee-kro-moh
RORomână
bathychrom
ba-thi-krome
RUРусский
батихором
bah-tee-khor-m
SVSvenska
bathychrom
ba-thi-krome
SWKiswahili
baticrom
bah-ti-krome
TAதமிழ்
பாதிக்ரோம்
pa-a-thi-kro-m
TEతెలుగు
బాథిక్రోమ్
ba-thi-kro-m
THไทย
บาธิโครม
ba-thi-kohm
TLTL
baticrom
bah-ti-krome
TRTürkçe
baticrom
bah-ti-krome
UKУкраїнська
батихором
bah-tee-khor-m
URاردو
بیتھکروم
beet-hi-kro-m
VITiếng Việt
bathychrome
ba-thi-krohm
YOYO
bathychrome
ba-thi-krohm
ZH中文
深海色
shēn hǎi sè
ZUZU
bathychrome
ba-thi-krohm

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