Xanthomelanous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Xanthomelanous \Xan`tho*mel"a*nous\, a. [Pref. xantho- + Gr. ?,
     ?, black.] (Ethnol.)
     Of or pertaining to the lighter division of the Melanochroi,
     or those races having an olive or yellow complexion and black
     hair.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]