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noun
Insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers.
is a specific kind of: animal pigment.
is contained in: feather, plumage, plume | cutis, skin, tegument.
derivation: black, blacken, melanise, melanize | melanise, melanize.
Dutch: melaninePolish: melanina
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