(of an animal) having whitish fur, plumage, or skin due to a lack of pigment.
〔动〕(由于缺少色素)白毛(或羽、皮)的,先天性色素缺乏的
Example sentencesExamples
Everyone agreed that it was an ‘albino’ - actually, more correctly a leucistic bird, since it had dark eyes, some yellow color on head and sides, and a little grey patterning on the tail.
Origin
From leuco- 'white' + the adjectival suffix -istic.