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from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a dark-colored skin.
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Those of the melanodermic or black race are: excessive length of the legs; total height 7 to 7.5 heads; skin from dark brown almost to black; the hair of the head thick, black, and frizzly, with an elliptical cross-section; hair on the body scant; an inclination to dolichocephaly (with a very decided breadth of the skull behind); pronounced prognathism; powerful broad, and high jaws.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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