melanin
English Thesaurus
1. insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | animal pigment, |
| definition | : | pigment occurring in animals (noun.substance) |
| substance meronym | : | feather, plumage, plume, |
| definition | : | the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds (noun.animal) |
| substance meronym | : | cutis, skin, tegument, |
| definition | : | a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch (noun.body) |
| derivation | : | melanise, melanize, |
| definition | : | convert into, or infiltrate with melanin (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | melanise, melanize, |
| definition | : | convert into, or infiltrate with melanin (verb.change) |
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