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September 25, 2007
Ephelides
For those searching for the meaning of "ephelides" it's a type of freckle. Yes, bet you didn't know that, eh? There's more than one type of freckle:
There are two basic types of freckles — ephelides and lentigines. Ephelides (singular: ephelis) are flat red or light-brown spots that typically appear during the sunny months and fade in the winter. Lentigines (singular: lentigo) are small tan, brown, or black spots which tend to be darker than an ephelis-type freckle and which do not fade in the winter.
For those interested in seeing ephelides in the wild, here's a couple of news reports on Nicole Kidman:
September 25, 2007 in Current Affairs | Permalink
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