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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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