pigment
noun
a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.
unpigmented
-
a word derived from
pigment.
Example Sentences
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The medical condition sees paler, unpigmented patches develop on a person's skin.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2021
Many birds lay white, unpigmented eggs—as do all lizards, turtles, crocodiles, and the only known egg-laying mammals, the platypus and the echidna.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 18, 2017
A quick look with dive torches shows that the clear blue water is inhabited by these unpigmented troglodytes.
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2011
And people of all races have pale, unpigmented palms and soles.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus a bird of the constitution PPIi approaches in pigmentation a bird of the constitution Ppii, while a bird of the constitution PpII has but little more pigment than the unpigmented bird.
From Mendelism Third Edition by Reginald Crundall Punnett
