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
Such birds when crossed with the Silky give dark pigmented birds of both sexes in F1, and the F2 generation consists of pigmented and unpigmented in the ratio 3 : 1.
From Mendelism Third Edition by Reginald Crundall Punnett
