Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A brownish matter obtained from empyreumatic animal oil. It is insoluble in water, but may be dissolved by alcohol.
- noun A black pigment found in the choroid and the epithelial layer of the retina, adjoining the choroid of the eye.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol. Chem.) A brown, nitrogenous pigment contained in the retinal epithelium; a variety of melanin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A brown
nitrogenous pigment contained in theretinal epithelium ; a variety ofmelanin .
Etymologies
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Latin fuscus dark-colored, tawny, and -in.
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Examples
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I identified the frightful ingredients masking the mixtures of tannin and powdered carbon with which the fish was embalmed; and I penetrated the disguise of the marinated meats, painted with sauces the colour of sewage; and I diagnosed the wine as being coloured with fuscin, perfumed with furfurol, and enforced with molasses and plaster.
Là-bas Keene [Translator] Wallace 1877
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