n. [ Gr. me`las, -anos, black. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A disease; black jaundice. See Melaena. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Ethnol.) The character of having a high degree of pigmentation, as shown in dark skin, eyes, and hair. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]