flavismo

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Italian

Etymology

From flav(o) (“yellow, blond”) +‎ -ismo (“-ism”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /flaˈvi.zmo/
Rhymes: -izmo
Hyphenation: fla‧vì‧smo

Noun

flavismo m (plural flavismi)

(biology) a hereditary anomaly in animals, consisting in a yellowish color of the skin, hair or feathers

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