Usually means: Pigment responsible for dark coloration.
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  1. melanian: Merriam-Webster
  2. melanian: Collins English Dictionary
  3. melanian: Wordnik
  4. melanian: Wiktionary
  5. Melanian, melanian: Dictionary.com
  6. Melanian: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. melanian: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Melanian: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. melanian: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Melanian: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (melanian)

noun:  (malacology, obsolete) One of a family of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks with a turret-shaped shell (Melaniidae), which is now considered a synonym for the family Thiaridae, but also containing many species since reclassified into other families.

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