“Xanthomelanoi”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

Xanthomelanoi

释义

‖ Xanthomelanoi, n. pl. Anthropology.|zænθəʊˈmɛlənɔɪ|
[mod.L. (Huxley), transliteration (instead of the regular L. form *xanthomelanī) of an assumed Gr. *ξανθοµέλανοι, f. ξανθός yellow + µέλας, µελαν- black: cf. Melanoi and Xanthochroi. (On the analogy of the other terms, the word should have been Melanoxanthoi, the first element referring to the hair, the second to the skin.)]
In Huxley's classification of the varieties of mankind: A subdivision of the Leiotrichi or smooth-haired class, having black hair and yellow, brown, or olive complexion. Hence xanthoˈmelanous |-əs| a., belonging to or having the characters of the Xanthomelanoi.
1865Huxley Crit. & Addr. (1873) 153 The ‘xanthomelanous,’ with black hair and yellow, brown, or olive skins.1866― Laing's Preh. Rem. Caithn. 132 The Leiotrichi may be best subdivided, according to their complexion, into Xanthochroi, Melanochroi, Xanthomelanoi, and Melanoi.

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