melanic

[muh-lan-ik]

adjective

Pathology. melanotic.
of or relating to melanism.

Origin of melanic

First recorded in 1815–25; melan- + -ic

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Examples from the Web for melanic

Historical Examples of melanic

"It was the melanic type of the jaguar and very rare," he said regretfully.
The Inca Emerald
Samuel Scoville
It is blackish in colour, but is not a melanic variety of the last.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia
Frank Evers Beddard
Perhaps a melanic variety of the more widely spread A. tniolella.
Island Life
Alfred Russel Wallace
In these cases the advanced condition in the series of melanic colors appears only late in ontogeny.
Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl
Charles Benedict Davenport
Specimens of the last form are intermediate between the type and the melanic ab.
The Moths of the British Isles, Second Series
Richard South

British Dictionary definitions for melanic

melanic

adjective

relating to melanism or melanosis

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melanic in Medicine

melanic

[mə-lăn′ĭk]

adj.

Of, relating to, or exhibiting melanism.
Of, relating to, or affected with melanosis; melanotic.