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adj. Of or related to melanin; black-pigmented.

adj. Of or affected with melanosis.

Having a black or dark appearance.

n. A pigment resembling or belonging to the melanins.

"There is a black variety of the chanko, as there is of the European wolf, and by some he is considered a distinct species, but is really a melanoid variety, though Kinloch writes: "The black chanko is rather larger than the grey one; he is of a beautiful glossy black, with a small white star on the chest and a few grey hairs about the muzzle.""

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