melanic
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How to use melanic in a sentence
The Silky breed of fowls is characterised among other peculiarities by a remarkable abundance of melanic pigment.
Mendelism | Reginald Crundall PunnettIntermediates occur connecting the melanic form with the type, and sometimes specimens are found of a paler hue than the type.
The Moths of the British Isles, First Series | Richard SouthThe melanic race have a much stronger propensity to indulge in the intemperate use of ardent spirits than white people.
From the experience of breeders it would appear that the melanic form is somewhat hardier, at any rate in captivity.
Mimicry in Butterflies | Reginald Crundall PunnettA melanic form of the moth, Cymatophora or, suddenly appeared near Hamburg in 1904.
Mimicry in Butterflies | Reginald Crundall Punnett
British Dictionary definitions for melanic
/ (məˈlænɪk) /
relating to melanism or melanosis
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