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Of or pertaining to the lighter division of the Melanochroi, or those races having an olive or yellow complexion and black hair.

Of or pertaining to the lighter division of the Melanochroi, or those races having an olive or yellow complexion and black hair.

zan-th[=o]-mel'a-nus, adj. applied to a type of men with black hair and yellow or olive skins. [Gr. xanthos, yellow, melas, -anos, black.]

Having black hair and a yellowish skin.