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melanocomous en · ADJ

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μελανοκόμης (melanokómēs), alternative form of μελαγκόμης (melankómēs, “black-haired”) + -ous; from μέλας (mélas, “black”) + κόμη (kómē, “hair”).

Meanings

  1. (dated, not-comparable) Dark-haired or black-haired.
    • The melanocomous races of men are analogous to animals with black hair 1813, James Cowles Prichard, Researches Into the Physical History of Man: