melanocomous

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adjective

Dark-haired or black-haired.

OriginAncient Greek μελανοκόμης →
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Meanings

adjectivemelanocomous (not comparable)
  1. datednot comparableanthropologyDark-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

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekμελανοκόμης
  2. Englishmelanocomous

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

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melanocomous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melanocomous

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“melanocomous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melanocomous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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