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melanoid

[mel-uh-noid] / ˈmɛl əˌnɔɪd /
ADJECTIVE
onyx
Synonyms
STRONG
brunet charcoal coal ebony jet jetty obsidian pitch raven sable slate sloe
WEAK
atramentous clouded dingy dusky ebon inklike inky livid murky piceous pitch-black pitch-dark pitchy shadowy somber sombre sooty starless stygian swart swarthy
Antonyms
STRONG
white
ADJECTIVE
pitch-black
Synonyms
WEAK
atramentous charcoal clouded coal ebon ebony inklike inky jet jetty livid murky obsidian onyx piceous pitch pitch-dark raven sable shadowy slate somber sombre sooty starless stygian
ADJECTIVE
pitchy
Synonyms
WEAK
atramentous brunet charcoal clouded coal dingy dusky ebon ebony inklike inky jet jetty livid murky obsidian onyx piceous pitch pitch-black pitch-dark raven sable shadowy slate sloe somber sombre sooty starless stygian swart swarthy

Example Sentences

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In upper skin layers melanin disintegrates, turns into melanoid, the other pigment discovered in the skin by Drs. Edwards and Duntley.

From Time Magazine Archive

A melanoid variety of this species is mentioned by Dr. Anderson as being in the Leyden Museum.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

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