[industrial melanism] n (1943): genetically determined melanism as a population phenomenon esp. in moths in which the proportion of dark individuals tends to increase due to differential predation esp. by birds which more easily find and eat lighter-colored individuals in habitats darkened by industrial pollution
INDUSTRIAL MELANISM
Meaning of INDUSTRIAL MELANISM in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012