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Melanochroi

Melanochroi noun: a division of the human population, consisting of the darker-skinned among the white races.

Noun

Melanochroi pl (plural only)

  1. (dated, plural, plural-only) A division of the human population, consisting of the darker-skinned among the white races.

Origin of Melanochroi

Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley; see melanochroic.

Questions about Melanochroi

What does Melanochroi mean?
Melanochroi means a division of the human population, consisting of the darker-skinned among the white races.
What part of speech is Melanochroi?
Melanochroi is a noun.

Words near Melanochroi in the dictionary

  1. melanocarcinomata
  2. melanocarcinomatous
  3. melanocetid
  4. melanocetids
  5. melanochalcite
  6. Melanochroi
  7. melanochroic
  8. melanochroite
  9. melanochroites
  10. melanochrome
  11. melanochroous

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