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leucistic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables
leucis-tic
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Affected by leucism.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more leucistic (comparative) most leucistic (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

albino

Questions

What does leucistic mean?
Affected by leucism.
Where does leucistic come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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