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nouninsoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and featherstype of:
Definition that contains melanin
- negro having skin rich in melanin pigments
- colored having skin rich in melanin pigments
- coloured having skin rich in melanin pigments
- freckle a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin
- melanism a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin)
- melanocyte a cell in the basal layer of the epidermis that produces melanin under the control of the melanocyte-stimulating hormone
- lentigo a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin
- melanise convert into, or infiltrate with melanin
- melanosis a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin)
- melanize convert into, or infiltrate with melanin