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Definition of Melanites
1. melanite [n] - See also: melanite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melanites
Literary usage of Melanites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868)
"In the last character it agrees morn nearly with melanites, from which, however,
it differs widely in having only/owr rows ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1882)
"The Nephrite variety has yielded the small sized specimens; the Jade'ites, and
Chloro- melanites, the larger and compact ones. They are neatly polished and ..."
3. Bibliographia geologica by Service géologique de Belgique (1904)
"Studies oí melanites multíparas (Bull. of the Geol. Soc. of America). Rochester,
1895, vol. VII, pp. 135-170,1 fig. ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"SCIENCE. urchin melanites (Lang, '96, ü, p. 291, Mac- millan edition ; and
Dana, '95, Manual of Geology, p. 641) there are four, or in some genital plates ..."
5. Philosophical Magazine (1830)
"... melanites, and several species of Terebratula, Spirifer, and Producta.
Other bivalves in this locality are ..."
6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... viz. the Maronites, the melanites, and the Catholic Syrians (see GREEK CHURCH,
UNIAT). V. SYNODS OP ANTIOCH.—Owing to the special position of Antioch ..."
7. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1892)
"... and the structure of melanites, were important contributions to morphology.
His monographs on the Asteroidea and Crinoidea of ..."
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