Hypertext Webster Gateway: "melanin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Melanin \Mel"a*nin\, n. [Gr. me`las, -anos, black.] (Physiol.)
A black pigment found in the pigment-bearing cells of the
skin (particularly in the skin of the negro), in the
epithelial cells of the external layer of the retina (then
called {fuscin}), in the outer layer of the choroid, and
elsewhere. It is supposed to be derived from the
decomposition of hemoglobin.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
melanin
n : insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin
and scales and feathers
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