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