leucistic
- a word derived from leucism.
Example Sentences
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The organisation said albino and leucistic birds could be distinguished by eye colour.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2024
The park is asking for the public’s help in the naming the alligator, which is descended from a nest of leucistic alligators discovered in the swamps of Louisiana in 1987.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2023
Where albinos have a complete loss of pigment and red or pink eyes, leucistic alligators are white with some areas of normally colored skin and have blue eyes.
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
