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leucous, a.|ˈl(j)uːkəs|
[f. Gr. λευκ-ός white + -ous.]
Having a white skin; light-complexioned, blonde. Said esp. of albinos. Also ellipt.
1842Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 78 To these two varieties we must add a third, the leucous or the albino. 1849–52Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 936/2 The leucous races of man..afford the most numerous examples of the sanguine temperament. 1859R. F. Burton Centr. Afr. in Jrnl. Geogr. Soc. XXIX. 85 They [albinos] much resemble Europeans of the leucous complexion. |