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melaniferous

melaniferous adjective: bearing melanin.

Adjective

melaniferous

  1. Bearing melanin.

Questions about melaniferous

What does melaniferous mean?
Melaniferous means bearing melanin.
What part of speech is melaniferous?
Melaniferous is an adjective.

Words near melaniferous in the dictionary

  1. melanian
  2. melanians
  3. melanic
  4. melanics
  5. Melanie
  6. melaniferous
  7. melaniid
  8. melaniids
  9. melanilin
  10. melaniline
  11. melanin

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