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albino

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al·bi·no  (l-bn)
n. pl. al·bi·nos
1. A person or animal lacking normal pigmentation, with the result being that the skin and hair are abnormally white or milky and the eyes have a pink or blue iris and a deep-red pupil.
2. A plant that lacks chlorophyll.

[Portuguese, from albo, white, from Latin albus; see albho- in Indo-European roots.]

albino [ælˈbiːnəʊ]
n pl -nos
1. (Medicine / Pathology) a person with congenital absence of pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) any animal or plant that is deficient in pigment
[via Portuguese from Spanish, from albo white, from Latin albus]
albinic  [ælˈbɪnɪk], albinistic adj
albinism  [ˈælbɪˌnɪzəm] n
albinotic  [ˌælbɪˈnɒtɪk] adj

albino  (l-bn)
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 (lb-nzm)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.albino - a person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin; eyes are usually pink
unusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusual
Translations
albino [ælˈbiːnəʊ]
A. ADJalbino
B. Nalbino/a m/f
albino [ælˈbiːnəʊ]
n (= person, animal) → albinos mf
adj [person, animal] → albinos inv
albino
nAlbino m
adjAlbino-; albino rabbitAlbinokaninchen nt
albino [ælˈbiːnəʊ] adj & nalbino/a


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What is it that in the Albino man so peculiarly repels and often shocks the eye, as that sometimes he is loathed by his own kith and kin
He was, to my surprise, no Indian, but a white man; indeed, I may say a very white man, for he was flaxen-haired and had some characteristics of an albino.
A white ass, but not an albino, has been described without either spinal or shoulder-stripe; and these stripes are sometimes very obscure, or actually quite lost, in dark-coloured asses.
 
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