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melanistic

melanistic adjective: of, pertaining to, or exhibiting melanism.

Adjective

melanistic (comparative more melanistic, superlative most melanistic)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting melanism.

Forms of melanistic

comparativemore melanistic
superlativemost melanistic

Origin of melanistic

From melan(in) + -istic.

Words formed from melanistic

Questions about melanistic

What does melanistic mean?
Melanistic means of, pertaining to, or exhibiting melanism.
What part of speech is melanistic?
Melanistic is an adjective.

Words near melanistic in the dictionary

  1. melanises
  2. melanising
  3. melanism
  4. melanisms
  5. melanist
  6. melanistic
  7. melanists
  8. melanite
  9. melanites
  10. melanitic
  11. melanization

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