melanin
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- n insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers
- He is the first chief executive of this grand and good nation not to be melanin-deprived.
- Anatomists have long held that white skins are tinted by three pigments: melanin, a black chemical; hemoglobin, a reddish substance which colors the blood; oxyhemoglobin, a form of .
- Furthermore, they say, melanin granules are minicomputers that can respond to and analyze stimuli without interacting with the brain.