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Definition of Animal pigment
1. Noun. Pigment occurring in animals.
Generic synonyms: Pigment
Lexicographical Neighbors of Animal Pigment
Literary usage of Animal pigment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemistry of Common Life by James Finlay Weir Johnston, Arthur Herbert Church (1891)
"A word or two about a third animal pigment must suffice. In the black and dark
feathers of some birds, in black human hair, and possibly in the skin of some ..."
2. Proceedings by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1896)
"... a remarkable animal pigment containing Copper. THB study of natural colouring
matters is at once peculiarly fascinating and peculiarly difficult. ..."
3. The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and (1879)
"Another animal pigment, having a still more remarkable composition than that of
... The existence of an animal pigment so rich in copper is an exceed- Ogly ..."
4. The Natural Conditions of Existence as They Affect Animal Life by Carl Semper (1883)
"... on the contrary, in the first place, no abnormal growth was observed as a
result; secondly, it must be strenuously disputed whether animal pigment is in ..."
5. The Chemical Basis of the Animal Body by Arthur Sheridan Lea (1892)
"It exhibits no absorption bands when examined spectroscopically. Another animal
pigment is known, into whose composition copper (5—8 pc) enters ; this is ..."
6. Carotinoids and Related Pigments: The Chromolipoids by Leroy Sheldon Palmer (1922)
"... not the first to show a connection between animal coloring tter and plant
carotin; nor were they the first to use the name •otin for an animal pigment. ..."
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