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WORDS TO UNDERSTAND

ambient: existing or present on all sides; an aspect of the environment that completely surrounds a person astaxanthin: a red pigment that belongs to the carotenoid family, which gives algae a pink pigment and salmon its pink-red color cryophilic: growing best at low temperatures dendritic: in a branching form, like a tree or a nerve cell fluctuations: an irregular change in the level, strength, or value of something translucent: permitting light to pass through, but concealing the objects or scenery on the opposite side

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