Me lanes i an (me lane shan)

and n. [ II. n. A native of Me lanes i a, a collection of islands in the western part of the Pacific, including New Caledonia, the Fiji Islands, Solomon Islands, New He brides, New Britain, etc. (some geographers include Papua and extend the term to comprise some of the le er islands of the Malay archipelago); a member of one of the black or dark-brown races inhabiting the Me lanes i an islands. In race and language the Me lanes i ans appear to have affinities with both the Papuans and the Polynesians. Melanetta (mel-a-net'ä), [NL., black, + νῆττα, νῆσσα, duck: see Anas.] A ge nus of marine ducks of the family Anatidæ and subfamily Fuligulinæ; the white-winged black scoters, surf-ducks, or sea-coots. The males are black or blackish, with a large white area on the wing and a bright party-colored bill. The common North American species is M. velvet in a or M. deglandi, very closely related to M. fusc a of Europe and Asia, if really distinct. Also written Melanitta, and more correctly Melano nett a. mélange (mā-lonzh'), n. [F., a mixture, Melania menen weft. E.H. Knight, 2. In entom.: (a) A genus of dipterous insects. (b) A genus of lepidopterous insects. Melaniacea (me-la-ni (me-la-ni-a'sē-a), n . pl . [NL., Melania + -ace a.] Same as Melaniida. mel an i ace an (me-la-ni-a se-an), a. Of or per taining to the Melaniacea. melanian (me-la'ni-an), a. and n. [ II. n. A member of the family Melaniida . melanic (me-lan'ik), a. [ melanic race.-2. Of or pertaining to melanosis. - Меlanic cancer, melano carcinoma or melano sarcoma. - Melanic deposit, a deposit of dark pigment in the ti ues. acterized by darkerer a greater extension of the Melanic variety or in zoöl . , a variety char dark markings than in others of the species. Such varieties have frequently been described as distinct species. Melaniide (mel-a-nī'i-dē), n . pl . [NL., Me lania + -ida .] A family of gastropods of the order Prosobranch i at a , typified by the genus Melania. The shell is spiral, turreted, and covered with dark epidermis; the aperture is often channeled or notched horfronted their respecie reemble in outer lip is acute; and the operculum is to many genera, are mostly fluviatile and ovoviviparous. They are found in nearly all the warmer parts of the world. The family is divided, both on structural characters and on geographical distribution, into two subfamilies, Mela niinæ and Strepomatine. Also Melaniacea, Melaniade, IMG:content-0435.jpg:[graphic] Melanida .