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- adjective
retaining some of theirblack pigmentation while losing most of it.
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Examples
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The price for a hypomelanistic boa constrictor, one with a mutation that lightens its skin tone, was $99 on Feb. 1, down from $5,000 in 2007, on Kingsnake. com, a classified-ad site that acts as a market-maker for snakes.
Bear Market in Boas: Proposed Laws Strangle Sales of Mutant Snakes Justin Scheck 2010
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The price for a hypomelanistic boa constrictor, one with a mutation that lightens its skin tone, was $99 on Feb. 1, down from $5,000 in 2007, on Kingsnake. com, a classified-ad site that acts as a market-maker for snakes.
Bear Market in Boas: Proposed Laws Strangle Sales of Mutant Snakes Justin Scheck 2010
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The price for a hypomelanistic boa constrictor, one with a mutation that lightens its skin tone, was $99 on Feb. 1, down from $5,000 in 2007, on Kingsnake. com, a classified-ad site that acts as a market-maker for snakes.
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The price for a hypomelanistic boa constrictor, one with a mutation that lightens its skin tone, was $99 on Feb. 1, down from $5,000 in 2007, on Kingsnake. com, a classified-ad site that acts as a market-maker for snakes.
Latest Articles wsj 2010
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