nigro-combining form of L. niger black, used in Ent. and Bot. to indicate a mixture of black with some other colour, or some feature of a blackish tint.1826Kirby & Sp.Entomol. xlvi. IV. 303 When it is said of a body that it is nigro-æneous, it means that the æneous tint prevails.1847Hardy in Proc.Berw.Nat. Club II. No. 5. 235 Breast nigro-pubescent.Ibid. 244 Legs nigrofuscous.Ibid. 253 Elytra..with a thickish nigro-pubescence.1882Garden 23 Dec. 553/3 Nigro-hirsute Dendrobes with rich orange blossoms are rare.