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melanoderm

melanoderm noun: a person with dark skin.

Noun

melanoderm (plural melanoderms)

  1. A person with dark skin.
    • It is also admitted that these gradations in colour have a protective value; in the case of the melanoderms against the actinic rays of the sun and in that of the leucoderms against cold, since white is the best colour for keeping in the heat of the body.1924, A[lfred] C[ort] Haddon, The Races of Man and Their Distribution, Cabridge: at the University Press, page 7
    • The Brazilian negroes—melanoderms—in general have 1 ᵐ,64 in height. The curve shows another point of density about 1 ᵐ,73. The cephalic index of our melanoderms was a surprise: 81, 84, brachycephalic.1942, Edgard Roquete Pinto, “Contributions to the Anthropology of Brazil”, in Proceedings of the Eighth American Scientific Congress, volume II, Washington, D.C., page 243

Forms of melanoderm

pluralmelanoderms

Origin of melanoderm

From melano- + -derm.

Questions about melanoderm

What does melanoderm mean?
Melanoderm means a person with dark skin.
What part of speech is melanoderm?
Melanoderm is a noun.
What is the plural of melanoderm?
The plural of melanoderm is melanoderms.

Words near melanoderm in the dictionary

  1. melanocytoses
  2. melanocytosis
  3. melanocytotic
  4. melanocytotoxic
  5. melanocytotoxicity
  6. melanoderm
  7. melanoderma
  8. melanodermas
  9. melanodermata
  10. melanodermia
  11. melanodermic

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