melanin

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɛlənɪn/    美 /ˈmɛlənɪn/|/ˈmelənɪn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of a group of naturally occurring dark pigments, especially the pigment found in skin, hair, fur, and feathers. countable,uncountable
    — Generally, cephalopod ink includes melanin, enzymes related to melanin production, catecholamines, peptidoglycans, free amino acids and metals (Derby 2014) .

词形变化

melanins plural

词源

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek stem of μέλας (mélas, “black”) + -in; by surface analysis, melan(o)- + -in.
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