alampy

English

Alternative forms

• alampia

Etymology

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

Noun

alampy (uncountable)

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