4 Results found for "melanoderms".

melanoderms

melanoderms plural of melanoderm...


melanoderm

From melano- +‎ -derm. melanoderm (plural melanoderms) A person with dark skin. 1924, A[lfred] C[ort] Haddon, The Races of Man and Their Distribution,...


leucoderm

these gradations in colour have a protective value; in the case of the melanoderms against the actinic rays of the sun and in that of the leucoderms against...


melanophobia

This leucoderm preoccupation with getting dark must look ridiculous to a melanoderm; it certainly makes melanophobia seem odd. 1972, Plural Societies, page...