melanocomous
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek black + hair.
Adjective
melanocomous (not comparable)
- (dated, anthropology) Dark or black-haired
- 1813, James Cowles Prichard, Researches Into the Physical History of Man
- The melanocomous races of men are analogous to animals with black hair
- 1813, James Cowles Prichard, Researches Into the Physical History of Man