# melanotubule

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A tubule, formed from thickened melanofilaments, that develops into a melanosome.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
English melano-
Latin tuba
Latin tubus
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulus
Latin tubuluslbor.
English tubule
English melanotubule
From melano- + tubule.

## Source
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