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Xanthochroic

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xan·tho·chroid   (zān'thə-kroid')   
adj.  Having a light complexion and light hair.
n.  A person having a light complexion and light hair.

[New Latin Xanthōchroi, yellow-haired, fair-skinned people (a subdivision in a classification of varieties of humans by Thomas H. Huxley : Greek xantho-, xantho- + Greek ōkhroi, pl. of ōkhros, pale) + -oid.]
xan'tho·chro'ic (-krō'ĭk) adj.
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