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(1):

(n.) The character of having a high degree of pigmentation, as shown in dark skin, eyes, and hair.

(2):

(n.) An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; - the opposite of albinism.

(3):

(n.) A disease; black jaundice. See Mel/na.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Melanism'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/melanism.html. 1828.
 
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