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Melanian :: Melanian (n.) One of a family of fresh-water pectinibranchiate mollusks, having a turret-shaped shell..

Melanic :: Melanic (a.) Melanotic.

Melanic :: Melanic (a.) Of or pertaining to the black-haired races.

Melaniline :: Melaniline (n.) A complex nitrogenous hydrocarbon obtained artificially (as by the action of cyanogen chloride on aniline) as a white, crystalline substance; -- called also diphenyl guanidin..

Melanin :: Melanin (n.) A black pigment found in the pigment-bearing cells of the skin (particularly in the skin of the negro), in the epithelial cells of the external layer of the retina (then called fuscin), in the outer layer of the choroid, and elsewhere. It is supposed to be derived from the decomposition of hemoglobin..

Melanism :: Melanism (n.) An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism.

Melanism :: Melanism (n.) A disease; black jaundice. See Mel/na.

Melanistic :: Melanistic (a.) Affected with melanism; of the nature of melanism.

Melanite :: Melanite (n.) A black variety of garnet.

Zoomelanin :: Zoomelanin (n.) A pigment giving the black color to the feathers of many birds.