Example Sentences

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Albino birds have pink eyes, while leucistic birds' eyes are dark.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2024

Park visitors will be able to see the leucistic alligator and her normal-colored brother early next year.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2023

The female baby alligator is not an albino, however, but a leucistic.

From Washington Times • Dec. 7, 2023

While leucistic creatures don’t have the same red or pink eyes as albinos, they also end up with lighter-colored features.

From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2023

There had been a leucistic Anna’s hummingbird spotted at the U.C.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2018