melanistic
- a word derived from melanism.
Example Sentences
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Paul says he and a friend were travelling by train near Glenfinnan when they spotted what he describes as a melanistic leopard, also known as a black panther.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2024
Of the 40 cat species worldwide, nearly half have melanistic or black color morphs.
From Scientific American • Jun. 17, 2022
There is also a spotted, ocelot-like morph that is more common in China than the usual colouring, and numerous melanistic, or black, individuals have been found, particularly in Nepal.
From Scientific American • May 28, 2013
There’s even a tiny area in Sikkim, which is a small mountainous state in the Eastern Himalayan region, where melanistic Asiatic golden cats are far more common than any other morph.
From Scientific American • May 28, 2013
Further, melanistic gray squirrels then, as now, were common in western Pennsylvania and exceedingly rare in eastern Pennsylvania.
From Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Rodents by Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
