色しき素そ細さい胞ぼう

noun

pigment cell

A biological term for any cell that produces or contains pigment, such as melanocytes or chromatophores.

• 色しき素そ細さい胞ぼうはメラニンを作つくり出だす。

  Pigment cells produce melanin.

• 魚さかなの色しき素そ細さい胞ぼうは体たい色しょくを変かえるのに役やく立だつ。

  The pigment cells of fish help change their body color.