melanism

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İngilizce - İngilizce
congenital excess of melanin pigmentation in the skin, hair, feathers and/or eyes; the condition of being melano
An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; the opposite of albinism
A disease; black jaundice
a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin)
The character of having a high degree of pigmentation, as shown in dark skin, eyes, and hair
{i} exceptionally dark pigment of skin or hair (Ethnology); concentration of dark pigment in the feathers or skin of an animal (Zoology)
melanistic
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting melanism
Melanistic
melanotic
industrial melanism
Darkness of the skin, feathers, or fur developed by a population of animals living in an industrial region where the environment is soot-darkened. The melanization of a population increases the probability that its members will survive and reproduce because it offers protection in the form of camouflage; it takes place over the course of many generations as the result of natural selection of the lighter, more conspicuous animals by predators
melanistic
Affected with melanism; of the nature of melanism
melanism