单词 | echinochrome |
释义 | > as lemmaseˈchinochrome eˈchinochrome n. Brit. /ᵻˈkʌɪnə(ʊ)krəʊm/ , /ˈɛkᵻnə(ʊ)krəʊm/ , U.S. /əˈkaɪnəˌkroʊm/ a brown or yellowish brown pigment found in some echinoderms.ΚΠ 1883 C. A. MacMunn in Proc. Birmingham Philos. Soc. III. 380 Echinochrome.—It is unfortunate that as one meets with new colouring-matters long names have to be invented to distinguish them from other colouring matters. This has been the case with the pigment which I have now to mention, and for which I propose the name of echinochrome. 1886 Jrnl. Royal Microsc. Soc. 6 48 Dr. C. A. MacMunn describes the spectroscopic or chemical characters of the blood of various worms and molluscs; one of the most interesting pigments which he has detected is that which he calls echinochrome..obtained from the perivisceral cavity of Strongylocentrotus lividus. 1912 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 102 i. 520 Echinochrome is probably held in the same way as chlorophyll is held in the plant cell. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. III. 763/1 They [sc. naphthoquinones]..are apparently limited to sea-urchins. Many such species display conspicuous amounts of naphthoquinoid echinochromes in their thin skin and in the calcareous material of spines and shells, which thus assume red, purple, pink or greenish colours. < as lemmas |
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