A black panther can be a jaguar or leopard, but in either case it has a gene that causes it to produce more melanin than other specimens.
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Melanin
//ˈmɛlənɪn//
Synonyms for "melanin"
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23 translations across 22 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- melanina noun (dark pigment)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 黑素 noun (dark pigment)
- 黑色素 noun (dark pigment)
Czech
1 entries- melanin noun (dark pigment)
Dutch
1 entries- melanine noun (dark pigment)
Esperanto
1 entries- melanino noun (dark pigment)
Finnish
1 entries- melaniini noun (dark pigment)
French
1 entries- mélanine noun (dark pigment)
German
1 entries- Melanin noun (dark pigment)
Greek
1 entries- μελανίνη noun (dark pigment)
Ido
1 entries- melanino noun (dark pigment)
Italian
1 entries- melanina noun (dark pigment)
Japanese
1 entries- メラニン noun (dark pigment)
Korean
1 entries- 멜라닌 noun (dark pigment)
Malay
1 entries- melanin noun (dark pigment)
Māori
1 entries- manauri noun (dark pigment)
Polish
1 entries- melanina noun (dark pigment)
Portuguese
1 entries- melanina noun (dark pigment)
Romanian
1 entries- melanină noun (dark pigment)
Russian
1 entries- мелани́н noun (dark pigment)
Spanish
1 entries- melanina noun (dark pigment)
Swedish
1 entries- melanin noun (dark pigment)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sắc tố đen noun (dark pigment)
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A black panther can be a jaguar or a leopard, but in both cases it has a gene that makes it produce more melanin than other individuals of the species.
Source: tatoeba (12259404)
Generally, cephalopod ink includes melanin, enzymes related to melanin production, catecholamines, peptidoglycans, free amino acids and metals (Derby 2014) .
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