Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Unusual red pigmentation, as of hair or plumage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ornithology, a condition of dichromatism characterized by excess of red pigment in the plumage of birds which are normally brown, gray, etc.
- noun In anthropology, redness of hair, generally combined with light complexion.
- noun In zoology, the assumption of red in animals, in place of their ordinary coloration.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A condition of excessive redness. See
erythrochroism .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology Abnormal red
colouration .
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It has an unusual genetic mutation known as erythrism.
Museum Blogs 2010
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It’s the result of a condition called erythrism, similar to the recessive gene that afflicts albino animals.
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gregmiller commented on the word erythrism
Abnormal redness; as of plumage or hair
December 24, 2008