| melano- or (before a vowel) melan- | |
| —combining form | |
| black or dark: melanin; melanism; melanocyte; melanoma | |
| [from Greek melas black] | |
| melan- or (before a vowel) melan- | |
| —combining form | |
| [from Greek melas black] | |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |