Melanochroi

British  

/ ˌmɛləˈnɒkrəʊˌaɪ, ˌmɛləˈnɒkrɔɪd /

plural noun

1. a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion

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Other Word Forms

• Melanochroid
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Melanochroi

C19: New Latin (coined by T. H. Huxley), from Greek, from melas dark + ōchros pale

Example Sentences

To these are added a fifth variety, the Melanochroi, to which belong a part of the Celts, the Spaniards, Greeks, Arabs, etc.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park

The latter race includes the fair-haired people of northern Europe, and extends over nearly the same area as the Melanochroi, with which race it is greatly intermixed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

Ethnologically, the Irish people were originally, like the people of Britain, a mixture of Melanochroi and Xanthochroi.

From Critiques and Addresses by Huxley, Thomas Henry