"an undue development of coloring material in the skin," especially in mammals or birds; the opposite of albinism (and the word probably based on it), by 1827; see melano- + -ism. Related: Melanistic.
melancholy
Melanesia
melange
Melanie
melanin
melanism
melano-
melanoma
melanosis
melatonin
Melba
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