Melanoi

Melanoi
‖ Melanoi, n. pl. Anthropology.
[Intended as mod.L.; formed irregularly by transliteration of Gr. µελανοί, pl. of µελανός, var. of µέλας black.]
Huxley's name for the black-haired and dark-complexioned division of his class Leiotrichi or smooth-haired peoples.
[see Melanochroi].

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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