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I'm also not middle-class, black, latina, Muslim, Canadian, white American (in the sense that yes, I am fairly amelanistic and chiefly though not entirely of European descent, but my cultural upbringing has very little in common with that of your average WASP) ...
i should have read your letters kenscholes 2009
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I bought my first snake -- an amelanistic cornsake whom I named Eve -- this past winter and I absolutely recommend it.
mrissa: Definitely not slimy mrissa 2010
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Similarly, when you hear antonyms such as apolitical, nonpartisan, bipartisan, or even the new and truly ludicrous post-partisan, your heart thrills with warmth and affection, just as it would if you were a racist and you heard the words Nordic, Anglo-Saxon, or amelanistic.
Gammerstang commented on the word amelanistic
is a pigmentation abnormality characterized by the lack of pigments called melanins, commonly associated with a genetic loss of tyrosinase function. Amelanism can affect fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals including humans.
July 7, 2018
brueckl100 commented on the word amelanistic
"Amelanistic" means no melanin.
July 20, 2024