Etymograph

English

reflectin

From reflect + -in.

A compound of reflect + -in

Old French reflecter ‘to bend back’

English reflect

Today it means

noun A protein, found in certain squids, that self-organizes into a film of regularly spaced stripes, the separation of which functions as a tunable diffraction grating to produce a range of reflective colours in the animal's skin

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Etymograph / reflectin