- (n.) An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism.
- (n.) A disease; black jaundice. See Mel/na.
- (n.) The character of having a high degree of pigmentation, as shown in dark skin, eyes, and hair.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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