melanism in English
noun
1
unusual darkening of body tissues caused by excessive production of melanin, especially as a form of color variation in animals.
Adaptations to short, cool summers include activity at low temperatures, selection of warm habitats and microhabitats, melanism and hairiness coupled with basking behaviour, and prolonged or abbreviated life cycles.
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1. Melanism Melanism is an excess of black pigmentation, resulting in a black or dark grey fish.
2. It is unclear whether this is purely folklore or individual variation—related to sex, age or instances of melanism and leucism—or whether there is indeed more than one species of living fossa.