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单词 xanthomelanoi
释义

Xanthomelanoin.

/zanθəʊˈmɛlənɔɪ/
Etymology: modern Latin (Huxley), transliteration (instead of the regular Latin form *xanthomelanī ) of an assumed Greek *ξανθομέλανοι , < ξανθός yellow + μέλας , μελαν- black: compare Melanoi n. and Xanthochroi n. (On the analogy of the other terms, the word should have been Melanoxanthoi, the first element referring to the hair, the second to the skin.)
Physical Anthropology.
With plural agreement. In Huxley's classification of the varieties of humankind: a subdivision of the Leiotrichi or smooth-haired class, having black hair and yellow, brown, or olive complexion.
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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > division by types of hair or skin > [noun]
Melanochroi1865
Leiotrichi1866
Melanoi1866
Xanthochroi1866
Xanthomelanoi1866
1866 T. H. Huxley in S. Laing Pre-hist. Remains Caithness 132 The Leiotrichi may be best subdivided, according to their complexion, into Xanthochroi, Melanochroi, Xanthomelanoi, and Melanoi.

Derivatives

xanthoˈmelanous adj. /zænθəʊˈmɛlənəs/ belonging to or having the characters of the Xanthomelanoi.
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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > division by types of hair or skin > [adjective]
xanthous1829
ulotrichous1857
melanochrous1865
xanthochrous1865
xanthomelanous1865
xanthochroid1869
melanochroic1870
xanthochroic1870
melanochroid1878
xanthochroous1891
xanthochrooid1909
1865 T. H. Huxley Critiques & Addr. (1873) 153 The ‘xanthomelanous,’ with black hair and yellow, brown, or olive skins.
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