melanocomous
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μελανοκόμης (melanokómēs), alternative form of μελαγκόμης (melankómēs, “black-haired”) + -ous; from μέλας (mélas, “black”) + κόμη (kómē, “hair”).
Adjective[edit]
melanocomous (not comparable)
- (dated, anthropology) Dark or black-haired
- 1813, James Cowles Prichard, Researches Into the Physical History of Man:
- The melanocomous races of men are analogous to animals with black hair