Definitions for melanism

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melanism mel·a·nism

Spelling: [mel-uh-niz-uh m]

IPA: /ˈmɛl əˌnɪz əm/

Melanism is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 376 anagrams from letters in melanism (aeilmmns).

Definitions for melanism

noun

1. Ethnology. the condition in human beings of having a high amount of melanin granules in the skin, hair, and eyes.
2. Zoology. the condition in which an unusually high concentration of melanin occurs in the skin, plumage, or pelage of an animal.

Origin of melanism

First recorded in 1835-45; melan- + -ism

Examples for melanism

On the other hand, melanism, or a tendency to the production of dark or even black forms, reveals itself.

Only one case of melanism was observed among all the specimens of both species examined.

melanism: an abnormal or unusual darkening: a suffusion with blackish.

melanism is rather more common in the case of the male sex than in the female sex.