Defn: A mixture; a medley.
MELANIAN
Me*la"ni*an, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of a family of fresh-water pectinibranchiate mollusks, having a turret-shaped shell.
MELANIC
Me*lan"ic, a. Etym: [Gr.
1. Melanotic.
2. (Ethnol.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the black-haired races. Prichard.
MELANILINE
Me*lan"i*line, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A complex nitrogenous hydrocarbon obtained artificially (as by the action of cyanogen chloride on aniline) as a white, crystalline substance; — called also diphenyl guanidin.
MELANIN
Mel"a*nin, n. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol.)