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albescent
[al-bes-uhnt]
adjective
becoming white; whitish.
albescent
/ æˈɛəԳ /
adjective
shading into, growing, or becoming white
Other 51Թ Forms
- albescence noun
- ˈԳ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of albescent1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of albescent1
Example Sentences
Unit-Peripheral's sensorium swivelled back to the q-mailed image: a multicoloured globe with ugly patterns of toxic cyan, sickly green patches, deathly brown scars, all overlain with ghastly albescent tendrils.
It chiefly differs in the croup being blue instead of snow-white; but as Mr. Blyth informs me, the tint varies, being sometimes albescent.
DESCRIPTION.—Above rusty brown; below rusty, more or less albescent; extremities pale, almost flesh-coloured; ears rather long; head rather elongated; tail equal to and sometimes exceeding head and body.
It differs chiefly in the croup being blue instead of snow-white; but as Mr. Blyth informs me, the tint varies, being sometimes albescent.
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