melanoid

[ mel-uh-noid ]

adjective

1. of or characterized by melanosis.
2. resembling melanin; darkish.

melanoid

/ ˈmɛləˌnɔɪd /

adjective

1. resembling melanin; dark coloured
2. characterized by or resembling melanosis

Word History and Origins

Origin of melanoid¹

First recorded in 1850–55; melan- + -oid

Example Sentences

Everybody has some melanin and melanoid in his skin, but blonds have less than brunets, white women less than white men, white races less than dark races.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

There is a black variety of the chanko, as there is of the European wolf, and by some he is considered a distinct species, but is really a melanoid variety, though Kinloch writes: "The black chanko is rather larger than the grey one; he is of a beautiful glossy black, with a small white star on the chest and a few grey hairs about the muzzle."

From Project Gutenberg

Melanoid specimens have been found.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg