tinctumutantn.
/ˌtɪŋktjuːˈmjuːtənt/ Zoology. rare.
An animal that changes colour.
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tinctumutant1895
1895 J. Weir in Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 388 The chameleon is the best known of all the tinctumutants.
Derivatives
ˌtinctumuˈtation n. change of colour.
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the world > matter > colour > change of colour > [noun]
discoloura1398
discolouring?a1425
discolouration1545
discolouredness1585
transcoloration1664
discolourment1762
discolorization1827
metachromatism1876
metachromism1876
metachrosis1887
tinctumutation1895
electrochromism1961
1895 J. Weir in Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 388 Physiological changes that take place in the act of tinctumutation.
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