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albino

[ al-bahy-nohor, especially British, -bee- ]

noun

, plural al·bi·nos.
  1. a person with pale skin, light hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary inability to produce the pigment melanin.
  2. an animal or plant with a marked deficiency in pigmentation.
  3. Philately. an embossed stamp accidentally left without ink.


albino

/ ˌælbɪˈnɒtɪk; ælˈbiːnəʊ; ælˈbɪnɪk; ˈælbɪˌnɪzəm /

noun

  1. a person with congenital absence of pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair
  2. any animal or plant that is deficient in pigment
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


albino

/ ăl-bī /

  1. An organism lacking normal pigmentation or coloration. Animals that are albinos lack pigmentation due to a congenital absence of melanin. In humans and other mammals, albinos have white hair, pale skin, and usually pinkish eyes. Plants that are albinos lack normal amounts of chlorophyll or other pigments.


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Derived Forms

  • albinic, adjective
  • albinotic, adjective
  • albinism, noun
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Other Words From

  • al·bin·ic [al-, bin, -ik], al·bi·nal [al, -b, uh, -nl], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of albino1

1770–80; < Portuguese, equivalent to alb ( o ) white (< Latin albus ) + -ino -ine 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of albino1

C18: via Portuguese from Spanish, from albo white, from Latin albus
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Example Sentences

As for Magician—the strong-willed love interest of Komona, his role was never scripted to be an albino.

Nine burros, 109 beagles, 10 sheep, and 31 albino rats were put in cages and set to face the dirty bomb.

Now neighboring countries are starting to use albino body parts—and the wealthy and the powerful are fueling the practice.

Politicians who want to win elections wear large rings with albino powder hidden inside, she said.

The albino crisis is a bleak spot in a time of economic optimism in Tanzania.

The skin of a white person and that of an albino show up the same under a microscope: white.

Very likely it's the six-toed beast Terry was sending us to cross with the four-toed albino.

One of them, who was an almost albino blond, flushed to the roots of his pale hair.

He was a short, heavy-set Sirian with a shock of scarlet hair, albino skin, and red eyes.

An albino form of Cattleya Bowringiana had never been heard of, but he thought it might exist.

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