"cone cell" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cone cells [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cone cell (plural cone cells)
  1. (anatomy) Any of the photoreceptor cells in the retina that are responsible for colour vision in relatively bright light. Wikipedia link: cone cell Coordinate_terms: rod cell [anatomy, medicine, sciences] Translations (any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina): колбичка (kolbička) [feminine] (Bulgarian), con de la retina [masculine] (Catalan), kegeltje [neuter] (Dutch), tappisolu (Finnish), tappi (Finnish), sel kerucut (Indonesian), 錐体細胞 (suitai-saibō) (Japanese), xaneya qoçekî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), czopek [masculine] (Polish), ко́лбочка (kólbočka) [feminine] (Russian), tapp [common-gender] (Swedish), koni hücresi (Turkish)

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