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Ancient Thracian tribe
Melinophagi or Melinophagoi (Greek: "Μελινοφάγοι") is the name of a Thracian tribe.
References
A Lexicon to Xenophon's Anabasis: Adapted to All the Common Editions, for the Use Both of Beginners by Alpheus Crosby, Xenophon, ISBN1-110-27521-8, 2009, page 83,"... 6. I Ideki.vo+iyet, for, (itxrydir) the Melinophagi, a Thracian peo- ple near Sahnydessus on the Euzine, perhaps Stmbo's *Agra, ..."