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- noun dated, ethnology A division of the human population, consisting of the darker-skinned among the white races.
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Melanochroi or brunettes live around the Mediterranean Sea, and extend through Asia Minor across Arabia and Persia to Hindustan.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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In the south and west this type comes into contact with the Melanochroi; in the north and east, where it extends to Hindustan, with the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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+ Caucasians, comprising Kanthoeroi and Melanochroi.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Huxley considered the Melanochroi the result of a mixture of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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To these are added a fifth variety, the Melanochroi, to which belong a part of the Celts, the Spaniards,
Outline of Universal History George Park Fisher 1868
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