melanic
[muh-lan-ik]
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adjective
Pathology. melanotic.
of or relating to melanism.
Origin of melanic
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"It was the melanic type of the jaguar and very rare," he said regretfully.
The Inca EmeraldSamuel Scoville
It is blackish in colour, but is not a melanic variety of the last.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., MammaliaFrank Evers Beddard
Perhaps a melanic variety of the more widely spread A. tniolella.
Island LifeAlfred Russel Wallace
In these cases the advanced condition in the series of melanic colors appears only late in ontogeny.
Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic FowlCharles Benedict Davenport
Specimens of the last form are intermediate between the type and the melanic ab.
The Moths of the British Isles, Second SeriesRichard South
melanic
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melanic
[mə-lăn′ĭk]
adj.
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