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Melanistic

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Affected with melanism; abnormally dark in color. Also melanotic.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Affected with melanism; of the nature of melanism.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting melanism
  • Word Usage
    "MO, sheriff's deputy has been identified as a melanistic leopard by a zoo curator."