| NOUN | substance | animal pigment | pigment occurring in animals |
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| Meaning | Pigment occurring in animals. | |
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| Narrower | bilirubin, hematoidin, haematoidin | An orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a product of hemoglobin |
| luciferin | Pigment occurring in luminescent organisms (as fireflies) | |
| melanin | insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers | |
| urobilin | brown bile pigment formed from urobilinogens and found in feces and in small amounts in urine | |
| Broader | pigment | dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid / liquid to produce paint, etc.) |
| Spanish | pigmento animal | |
| Catalan | pigment animal | |
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