albino
noun
a person with pale skin, light hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary inability to produce the pigment melanin.
albinos
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pluralof albino.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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These bison lack the red eyes and pink nose of true albinos.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2023
The high temperatures are especially risky for people like teenage sisters Matilde and Angelica Aureli from Rome, who during extreme heat can only venture outside after 9 p.m. because they are albinos.
From Reuters ● Jul. 17, 2023
While leucistic creatures don’t have the same red or pink eyes as albinos, they also end up with lighter-colored features.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 18, 2023
“Right now we have albinos who are doctors, nurses … success stories on the frontline of the fight against coronavirus. We also have to talk about them to inspire others,” Mudzimu said.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 13, 2020
Several albinos have been taken in Washtenaw County, one pure albino in Dexter Township in 1908, and one nearly pure white, but with brownish dorsal stripe and tail, near Ann Arbor in 1912.
From The Mammals of Washtenaw County, Michigan Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, No. 123 by Norman Wood
