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melanoderms

melanoderms is the plural of melanoderm.

Meaning of melanoderm

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

Questions about melanoderms

What is melanoderms the plural of?
Melanoderms is the plural of melanoderm.

Words near melanoderms in the dictionary

  1. melanoderma
  2. melanodermas
  3. melanodermata
  4. melanodermia
  5. melanodermic
  6. melanoderms
  7. melanofibril
  8. melanofibrils
  9. melanofilament
  10. melanofilaments
  11. melanogaster

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