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erythrism|ˈɛrɪθrɪz(ə)m|
[f. Gr. ἐρυθρός red + -ism.]
Abnormal or excessive redness (in the plumage of birds or hair of mammals); a red variety (of some recognized species).
1886Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 77 Erythrism is particularly common among the Mungooses. 1893Athenæum 28 Jan. 124/3 Mr. Hose thought that this species might possibly be only an erythrism of S[emnopithecus] chrysomelas. 1908Zoologist Apr. 136 A good example of the same erythrism was that by Mr. McLean in the summer of 1906. 1930E. W. Hendy Wild Exmoor 297 Erythrism, or excess of red colouration, may be produced..by feeding birds upon red pepper. 1962New Scientist 9 Aug. 284/2 All examples of albinism (whitening),..xanthism (yellowing) or erythrism (reddening) are throwing light on genetic divergence.
Hence eryˈthristic a., exhibiting erythrism.
1910Encycl. Brit. V. 489/1 A third colour-phase, the ‘erythristic’ or red, is represented by the sandy cat. 1923Glasgow Herald 17 Mar. 6 The variety, technically called ‘erythristic’, occurs among ferrets as well as among polecats. 1936Discovery Feb. 57/1 Another collector kicked guillemots' eggs into the sea in the hope that subsequent layings might produce the erythristic eggs for which he was looking. 1953Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles II. 11 (Calandra lark), Erythristic eggs occur. |