albino
a person with pale skin, light hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary inability to produce the pigment melanin.
an animal or plant with a marked deficiency in pigmentation.
Philately. an embossed stamp accidentally left without ink.
Origin of albino
1Other words from albino
- al·bin·ic [al-bin-ik], /ælˈbɪn ɪk/, al·bi·nal [al-buh-nl], /ˈæl bə nl/, adjective
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How to use albino in a sentence
Even though it has humble origins—in the cranium of an albino rat and in poems about tapeworms— “wireheading” is an idea that is likely only to become increasingly important in the near future.
Drugs, Robots, and the Pursuit of Pleasure: Why Experts Are Worried About AIs Becoming Addicts | Thomas Moynihan | September 17, 2021 | Singularity HubThe researchers also bred the two, which resulted in a litter of fully albino opossums, showing that the coloring was an inherited genetic trait.
An albino opossum proves CRISPR works for marsupials, too | Casey Crownhart | July 21, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewA passing reference to “a nervous albino rabbit, Alphonso, who died by nibbling voraciously through an electric cable.”
With ‘Double Blind,’ Edward St. Aubyn tasks himself with a formidable challenge | Charles Arrowsmith | June 11, 2021 | Washington PostOne mutation on a single gene turns an animal into an albino.
As for Magician—the strong-willed love interest of Komona, his role was never scripted to be an albino.
‘War Witch’ Filmmaker Kim Nguyen on Africa’s Child Soldiers | Jean Trinh | March 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
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.
The Winning Clue | James Hay, Jr.Very likely it's the six-toed beast Terry was sending us to cross with the four-toed albino.
Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) | VariousOne of them, who was an almost albino blond, flushed to the roots of his pale hair.
A Pagan of the Hills | Charles Neville BuckHe was a short, heavy-set Sirian with a shock of scarlet hair, albino skin, and red eyes.
Equation of Doom | Gerald VanceAn albino form of Cattleya Bowringiana had never been heard of, but he thought it might exist.
The Woodlands Orchids | Frederick Boyle
British Dictionary definitions for albino
/ (ælˈbiːnəʊ) /
a person with congenital absence of pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair
any animal or plant that is deficient in pigment
Origin of albino
1Derived forms of albino
- albinic (ælˈbɪnɪk) or albinistic, adjective
- albinism (ˈælbɪˌnɪzəm), noun
- albinotic (ˌælbɪˈnɒtɪk), adjective
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Scientific definitions for albino
[ ăl-bī′nō ]
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.
Other words from albino
- albinism noun (ăl′bə-nĭz′əm)
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