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skinbow en · ADJ

Etymology

Blend of skin + rainbow, coined in 2016 in a paper by C. H. Chen et al, Multicolor Cell Barcoding Technology for Long-Term Surveillance of Epithelial Regeneration in Zebrafish.

Meanings

  1. (neologism, not-comparable) Of a zebrafish: having been genetically engineered to have a skin of many colours, to aid in the visualization of changes in its cells.