animal pigment

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• animal pigment — noun pigment occurring in animals • Hypernyms: ↑pigment • Hyponyms: ↑bilirubin, ↑hematoidin, ↑haematoidin, ↑urobilin, ↑luciferin, ↑melanin …   Useful english dictionary

• pigment — PIGMÉNT, pigmenţi, s.m. 1. Substanţă colorată naturală produsă de celulele plantelor şi animalelor şi care colorează în mod specific ţesuturile sau lichidele organice ale acestora. 2. Particulă solidă, colorată, insolubilă în mediul în care este… …   Dicționar Român

• Animal colouration — has been a topic of interest and research in biology for well over a century. Colours may be cryptic (functioning as an adaptation allowing the prevention of prey detection; aposematic (functioning as a warning of unprofitability) or may be the… …   Wikipedia

• Animal testing — A white Wistar lab rat Description Around 50–100 million vertebrate animals are used in experiments annually. Subjects Animal testing, scien …   Wikipedia

• Pigment — Pig ment, n. [L. pigmentum, fr. the root of pingere to paint: cf. F. pigment. See {Paint}, and cf. {Pimento}, {Orpiment}.] 1. Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Pigment cell — Pigment Pig ment, n. [L. pigmentum, fr. the root of pingere to paint: cf. F. pigment. See {Paint}, and cf. {Pimento}, {Orpiment}.] 1. Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pigment — ► NOUN 1) the natural colouring matter of animal or plant tissue. 2) a substance used for colouring or painting. ► VERB ▪ colour with or as if with pigment. DERIVATIVES pigmentary adjective pigmentation noun. ORIGIN …   English terms dictionary

• Pigment — For the drug referred to as pigment, see black tar heroin. Natural ultramarine pigment in powdered form …   Wikipedia

• animal development — Introduction  the processes that lead eventually to the formation of a new animal starting from cells derived from one or more parent individuals. Development thus occurs following the process by which a new generation of organisms is produced by …   Universalium

• Animal coloration — Chapman s Zebras in Botswana, displaying their outline disrupting camouflage Animal coloration has been a topic of interest and research in biology for well over a century. According to Charles Darwin s 1859 theory of natural selection,[1 …   Wikipedia

• Pigment (biology) — In biology, a pigment or biochromeFact|date=June 2008 is any material resulting in color of plant or animal cells, which is the result of selective color absorption. Many biological structures, such as skin, eyes, fur and hair contain pigments… …   Wikipedia