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melanous
melanous, a. Anthropology. (ˈmɛlənəs) [f. Gr. µελαν-, µέλας black + -ous.] With reference to hair and complexion: Blackish, dark; spec. in Huxley's use, belonging to the variety of mankind called by him melanoi.1836 Prichard Res. Phys. Hist. Man (ed. 3) I. 227 The Greeks were probably, in Homer's ti...
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melanocomous
melanocomous, a. (mɛləˈnɒkəməs) [f. Gr. µελανοκόµ-ης (f. µελανο-, µέλας black + κόµη hair) + -ous.] Black-haired.1836 Prichard Res. Phys. Hist. Man (ed. 3) I. 220 The black-haired or melanocomous or melanous variety [of complexion], characterised by black or very dark hair. 1849–52 Todd Cycl. Anat. ...
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xanthous
xanthous, a. Ethnol. (ˈzænθəs) [f. Gr. ξανθός yellow + -ous.] Applied to those races, or that type, of mankind characterized by yellow or yellowish hair and light complexion; fair, blond. Also said of the hair, complexion, etc. Opp. to melanic 1, melanous.1829 T. Price Ess. Physiogn. & Physiol. Inha...
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melanosity
melanosity (mɛləˈnɒsɪtɪ) [f. melanous a.: see -osity.] Melanous character.1885 J. Beddoe Races Brit. 5, I double the black, in order to give its proper value to the greater tendency to melanosity shown thereby.
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melanic
melanic, a. (n.) (mɪˈlænɪk) [f. Gr. µελαν-, µέλας black + -ic.] 1. Ethnol. Having black hair and a black or dark complexion. Cf. melanocomous, melanous.1826 Prichard Res. Phys. Hist. Man. (ed. 2) I. 139 These three varieties are the melanic, including all individuals or races who have black hair; th...
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Xanthomelanoi
‖ Xanthomelanoi, n. pl. Anthropology. (zænθəʊˈmɛlənɔɪ) [mod.L. (Huxley), transliteration (instead of the regular L. form *xanthomelanī) of an assumed Gr. *ξανθοµέλανοι, f. ξανθός yellow + µέλας, µελαν- black: cf. Melanoi and Xanthochroi. (On the analogy of the other terms, the word should have been ...
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leuco-
leuco- (ˈl(j)uːkəʊ) before a vowel leuc-, a. Gr. λευκο-, combining form of λευκός white; (b) In Med. used to represent ‘leucocyte’ (as in leucopenia, -poiesis); (c) In Chem. [after its use in Dyeing: see b], used to form the names of some colourless compounds that are chemically transformed to colou...
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