‖ Melanoi, n. pl. Anthropology.
[Intended as mod.L.; formed irregularly by transliteration of Gr. µελανοί, pl. of µελανός, var. of µέλας black.]
Huxley's name for the black-haired and dark-complexioned division of his class Leiotrichi or smooth-haired peoples.
| 1866 [see Melanochroi]. |