Albino

//ælˈbiːnəʊ// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism. countable
  2. 2
    an animal with congenital albinism wordnet
  3. 3
    a person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin; eyes are usually pink wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    having albinism wordnet

Synonyms

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albinalachromaachromasiaachromatosisalbescencealbinal

Example

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"I saw an albino squirrel today."

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese albino and Spanish albino. * Portuguese albino is from Medieval Latin albinus, from Latin albus * Spanish albino is diminutive of albo, from Latin albus (“white”).

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