melanoid

[mel-uh-noid] / ˈmɛl əˌnɔɪd /

ADJECTIVE

onyx

Synonyms

STRONG

brunet charcoal coal ebony jet jetty obsidian pitch raven sable slate sloe

WEAK

atramentous clouded dingy dusky ebon inklike inky livid murky piceous pitch-black pitch-dark pitchy shadowy somber sombre sooty starless stygian swart swarthy

Antonyms

STRONG

white

ADJECTIVE

pitch-black

Synonyms

WEAK

atramentous charcoal clouded coal ebon ebony inklike inky jet jetty livid murky obsidian onyx piceous pitch pitch-dark raven sable shadowy slate somber sombre sooty starless stygian

ADJECTIVE

pitchy

Synonyms

WEAK

atramentous brunet charcoal clouded coal dingy dusky ebon ebony inklike inky jet jetty livid murky obsidian onyx piceous pitch pitch-black pitch-dark raven sable shadowy slate sloe somber sombre sooty starless stygian swart swarthy

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melanoid

In upper skin layers melanin disintegrates, turns into melanoid, the other pigment discovered in the skin by Drs. Edwards and Duntley.

From Time Magazine Archive

A melanoid variety of this species is mentioned by Dr. Anderson as being in the Leyden Museum.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

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