melanism
melanism
Definition
mela·nism (-niz′əm)
noun
- abnormal development of dark pigmentation in the skin, hair, feathers, etc.
- darkness of skin, hair, eyes, etc., resulting from a high degree of pigmentation
Etymology: melan(o)- + -ism
mel′a·nis′·tic adjective
melanism
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- call: This type of evolution has been called industrial melanism.
Preposition: in
- moth: Industrial melanism in moths: a review and reassessment.
Browse dictionary entries near melanism
- melanin
- Melanie
- melanic
- Melanesian
- Melanesia
- Melanchthon
- melancholy
- melancholia
- melan-
- melamine resin
- melanite
- melanize
- melano-
- melanoblast
- Melanochroi
- melanocyte
- melanoid
- melanoma
- melanophore
- melanosis
