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al⋅bi⋅no
[al-bahy-noh or, especially Brit., -bee-] 
noʊ
–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. |
Related forms:
al⋅bin⋅ic [al-bin-ik] , al⋅bi⋅nal [al-buh-nl] , adjective
[al-bin-ik] , al⋅bi⋅nal [al-buh-nl] , adjective
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| al·bi·no (āl-bī'nō) n. pl. al·bi·nos
[Portuguese, from albo, white, from Latin albus; see albho- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Albino
Al*bi"no\ (?; 277), n.; pl. Albinos. [Sp. or Pg. albino, orig. whitish, fr. albo white, L. albus.] A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition from the absence of chlorophyll. --Amer. Cyc. Note: The term was originally applied by the Portuguese to negroes met with on the coast of Africa, who were mottled with white spots.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: al·bi·no
Pronunciation: al-'bI-(")nO
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -nos
: an organism exhibitingdeficient pigmentation; especially : a human being who is congenitally deficient in pigment and usually has a milky or translucent skin, white or colorless hair, and eyes with pink orblue iris and deep-red pupil —compare MELANO —al·bin·ic /-'bin-ik/ adjective
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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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| 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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