melanic

Definitions

Examples

• The Silky breed of fowls is characterised among other peculiarities by a remarkable abundance of melanic pigment.

• Intermediates occur connecting the melanic form with the type, and sometimes specimens are found of a paler hue than the type.

• The Melanic race have a much stronger propensity to indulge in the intemperate use of ardent spirits than white people.

• From the experience of breeders it would appear that the melanic form is somewhat hardier, at any rate in captivity.

• A melanic form of the moth, Cymatophora or, suddenly appeared near Hamburg in 1904.