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Noun: melanin  me-lu-nin
  1. Insoluble pigments that account for the colour of e.g. skin and scales and feathers

Derived forms: melanins

See also: melanize

Type of: animal pigment

Part of: cutis, feather, plumage, plume, skin, tegument

Encyclopedia: Melanin

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