Usually means: Increased dark pigmentation in animals.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word melanistic:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. melanistic: Merriam-Webster
  2. melanistic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. melanistic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. melanistic: Wordnik
  5. melanistic: Wiktionary
  6. Melanistic, melanistic: Dictionary.com
  7. Melanistic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Melanistic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. melanistic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Melanistic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. melanistic: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Melanistic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. melanistic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. melanistic: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting melanism.

Similar:
melanic, melanocytic, melonic, melanoid, melanocytotic, melanotic, melanomal, melanogenetic, melanoic, melanomatous, more...

Types:
leucistic, albino, pied, piebald, skewbald, zebra, more...

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Similar:
melanic, melanocytic, melonic, melanoid, melanocytotic, melanotic, melanomal, melanogenetic, melanoic, melanomatous, more...

Types:
leucistic, albino, pied, piebald, skewbald, zebra, more...



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