melanism
/mel-uh-niz-uhm/US // ˈmɛl əˌnɪz əm //UK // (ˈmɛləˌnɪzəm) //
黑素症,黑化症,黑素病,黑色素沉着症
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : Ethnology. the condition in human beings of having a high amount of melanin granules in the skin, hair, and eyes.
- : Zoology. the condition in which an unusually high concentration of melanin occurs in the skin, plumage, or pelage of an animal.
Examples
On the other hand, melanism, or a tendency to the production of dark or even black forms, reveals itself.
Melanism is rather more common in the case of the male sex than in the female sex.
Only one case of melanism was observed among all the specimens of both species examined.
Melanism: an abnormal or unusual darkening: a suffusion with blackish.
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