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leucistic

leucistic adjective: affected by leucism.

Adjective

leucistic (comparative more leucistic, superlative most leucistic)

  1. Affected by leucism.

Forms of leucistic

comparativemore leucistic
superlativemost leucistic

Origin of leucistic

From leucism + -istic, ultimately from Latinized form of Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”).

Questions about leucistic

What does leucistic mean?
Leucistic means affected by leucism.
What part of speech is leucistic?
Leucistic is an adjective.

Words near leucistic in the dictionary

  1. leuciscin
  2. leuciscine
  3. leuciscines
  4. leuciscins
  5. leucism
  6. leucistic
  7. leucite
  8. leucites
  9. leucitic
  10. leucitite
  11. leucitites

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