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单词 Melanochroi
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Melanochroi

/mɛləˈnɒkrəʊʌɪ/ /mɛləˈnɒkrɔɪ/
Physical Anthropol. Now historical
noun
Treated as plural. In T. H. Huxley's classification of the varieties of mankind: a subdivision of the smooth-haired class Leiotrichi with dark hair and eyes, and a pale complexion.
  • By some later writers taken as connoting a dark complexion..

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Huxley (1825–1895), biologist and science educationist. From melano- + ancient Greek ὠχροί, masculine plural of ὠχρός pale.

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