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leucous

leucous adjective: albino (having an uncharacteristically white skin color).

Adjective

leucous (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) albino (having an uncharacteristically white skin color)

Origin of leucous

From leuco- + -ous.

Words formed from leucous

Questions about leucous

What does leucous mean?
Leucous means albino (having an uncharacteristically white skin color).
What part of speech is leucous?
Leucous is an adjective.

Words near leucous in the dictionary

  1. leucotoxin
  2. leucotoxins
  3. leucotriene
  4. leucotrondhjemite
  5. leucoturic acid
  6. leucous
  7. leucovorin
  8. leucoxene
  9. leucoxenes
  10. leucoxenic
  11. leucoxenisation

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