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What does dichromatic mean?

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Adjective
  1. having two colors.
  2. (pathology) having a form of colorblindness in which only two of the three primary colors can be distinguished
  3. (zoology) having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
  4. (optics) having two hues, either of which may be visible depending on both the concentration of the absorbing substance and the depth or thickness of the medium traversed, such as in pumpkin seed oil. A form of polychromatism.
  5. (optics) exhibiting dichroism; dichroic.
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The convergence of isochromatic lines demonstrates the loss of a fundamental mechanism in dichromatic vision.
Eastern Bluebirds are sexually dichromatic songbirds that, on average, lay 4-5 egg clutches in Alabama.
Gambel's quail is a highly ornate and dichromatic species, whereas scaled quail is unornamented and monochromatic.
To a dichromatic deuteranope, the short-wave end of the spectrum appears blue.
Interestingly, the honey possum belongs to the same marsupial taxonomic division as the dichromatic tammar wallaby.
The guppy is sexually dichromatic, with males being genetically polymorphic for color patches that vary in hue, chroma, reflectivity, size, number, and location on their body.

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