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noun, plural -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.
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Albino
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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- One shows a red-eyed albino squirrel, a common sight on campus.
- Now where did that atomic albino half-ape superman get off to.
- Since the mid-1940s researchers have tested the skin-irritancy potential of chemicals primarily on albino rabbits.
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Word Origin & History
albino
1777, from Sp. or Port. albino, from L. albus "white" (see alb). Used by Portuguese of white-spotted African negroes. Extended 1859 to animals having the same peculiarity.
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Medical Dictionary
albino al·bi·no (āl-bī'nō)
n. pl. al·bi·nos
A person or an animal lacking normal pigmentation, resulting in abnormally pale or white skin and hair and pink or blue eyes with a deep-red pupil.
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Science Dictionary
albino  (āl-bī'nō) Pronunciation Key
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. albinism noun (āl'bə-nĭz'əm) |
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