ommochrome
/ˈɒmə(ʊ)krəʊm/Biochemistry
noun
Any of a group of invertebrate (chiefly arthropod) pigments derived by condensation reactions from kynurenine and giving yellow, red, and brownish body colours and commonly also found in the accessory cells of the eyes of insects.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Biological Abstracts. From German Ommochrom from ancient Greek ὄμμα eye + German -o- + -chrom.
- olive
- olive baboon
- oliveback
- olive-backed oriole
- olive-backed thrush
- olive bark
- olive bark tree
- olive berry
- olive branch
- olive brown
- olive-colored
- olive-coloured
- olive crescent
- olive crown
- olive drab
- olive dun
- olive fly
- olive fruit fly
- olive garden
- olive green
- olive grove
- olive lees
- Olivella
- oliveness
- olivenite