Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Affected with melanism; abnormally dark in color. Also
melanotic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Affected with melanism; of the nature of melanism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting
melanism
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Examples
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MO, sheriff's deputy has been identified as a melanistic leopard by a zoo curator.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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One day in the forest he saw a black jaguar—that is, a melanistic aberration from the spotted pattern of ordinary jaguars—and gaped at it without raising his gun.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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One day in the forest he saw a black jaguar—that is, a melanistic aberration from the spotted pattern of ordinary jaguars—and gaped at it without raising his gun.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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I've never seen a melanistic anything, just albino and piebald deer.
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I have seen three melanistic Mule deer, all in Northern Calif in my younger days.
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I also killed and have the mounted head of a melanistic Impala in my collection.
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Are the black squirrels you see in certain cities considered melanistic or are they just black?
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I've never seen a melanistic anything, just albino and piebald deer.
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What are the odds of one person seeing that many melanistic animals?
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What are the odds of one person seeing that many melanistic animals?
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