melanin

English

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Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek stem of μέλας (mélas, “black”) +‎ -in

Noun

melanin (uncountable)

1. Any of a group of naturally occurring dark pigments, especially the pigment found in skin, hair, fur, and feathers.

Translations

dark pigment

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑色素 (cmn) (hēisèsù)

• Esperanto: melanino (eo)
• Finnish: melaniini (fi)
• Greek: μελανίνη (el) (melaníni) f

• Ido: melanino (io)
• Italian: melanina (it) f
• Malay: melanin (ms)
• Russian: меланин (ru) (melanín) m
• Spanish: melanina (es) f

References

• “melanin” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Anagrams

• Lemnian, lineman