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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To convert into or infiltrate with melanin.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To render melanistic; produce melanism in.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To convert into melanin, or to deposit melanin in.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb convert into, or infiltrate with melanin
  • verb make or become black

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