melanoid

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

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  1. adjective Of or related to melanin; black-pigmented.
  2. adjective Of or affected with melanosis.

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  • A melanoid variety of this species is mentioned by Dr. Anderson as being in the Leyden Museum. —  Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
  • There is a black variety of the chanko, as there is of the European wolf, and by some he is considered a distinct species, but is really a melanoid variety, though Kinloch writes: "The black chanko is rather larger than the grey one; he is of a beautiful glossy black, with a small white star on the chest and a few grey hairs about the muzzle." —  Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
 

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  1. from Greek μελανοειδής, black-looking, from μέλας (μελαν-), black, + εἰ̄δος, form.
 

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