alampy

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From German Alampie, coined (as Alampia) by Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold (1863),[1] from Ancient Greek α- (a-, not) + λάμπω (lámpō, to shine).

Noun[edit]

alampy (uncountable)

  1. (rare) abnormal bluish pigmentation in fish, caused by lack of guanine

References[edit]

  1. ^ Carl Theodor Ernst von Siebold (1863) Die Süsswasserfische von Mitteleuropa[1], Leipzig, page 19