fuscin
English
Etymology
From Latin fuscus (“dark-colored, tawny”), and -in.
Noun
fuscin (uncountable)
- A brown nitrogenous pigment contained in the retinal epithelium; a variety of melanin.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for fuscin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)