dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/eum_MW.json
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{
"Eumalacostraca":{
"type":[
"adjective or noun",
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a group of malacostracan crustaceans comprising all Malacostraca except the Leptostraca":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u00a6)y\u00fc+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from eu- + Malacostraca":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-110209"
},
"Eumeces":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a large genus of cosmopolitan diurnal carnivorous lizards (family Scincidae) with opaque scaly eyelids and pterygoid teeth":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"y\u00fc\u02c8m\u0113(\u02cc)s\u0113z"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek eum\u0113k\u0113s tall, long, from eu- + -m\u0113k\u0113s (from m\u0113kos length); akin to Greek makros long":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185414"
},
"eumelanin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a brown to black pigment that is the most common form of melanin and whose functions include protecting the epidermis against damage from ultraviolet radiation":[
"Although we can temporarily raise the amount of eumelanin in our skin by tanning, the baseline amount is controlled by our genes.",
"\u2014 Neil Singh",
"If eumelanin was the hadrosaur's only pigment, it would have had grey skin like that of a rhinoceros or an elephant.",
"\u2014 Michael Marshall",
"Research shows that black hair contains about 99 percent eumelanin , brown and blond hair 95 percent eumelanin , and red hair 67 percent eumelanin .",
"\u2014 Kathy Wollard"
],
"\u2014 compare neuromelanin , pheomelanin":[
"Although we can temporarily raise the amount of eumelanin in our skin by tanning, the baseline amount is controlled by our genes.",
"\u2014 Neil Singh",
"If eumelanin was the hadrosaur's only pigment, it would have had grey skin like that of a rhinoceros or an elephant.",
"\u2014 Michael Marshall",
"Research shows that black hair contains about 99 percent eumelanin , brown and blond hair 95 percent eumelanin , and red hair 67 percent eumelanin .",
"\u2014 Kathy Wollard"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)y\u00fc-\u02c8me-l\u0259-n\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"eu- + melanin":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1924, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195601"
}
}