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albino
[ al-bahy-nohor, especially British, -bee- ]
noun
- 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.
albino
/ ˌælbɪˈnɒtɪk; ælˈbiːnəʊ; ælˈbɪnɪk; ˈælbɪˌnɪzəm /
noun
- a person with congenital absence of pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair
- any animal or plant that is deficient in pigment
albino
/ ă-ī′ō /
- 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.
Derived Forms
- albinic, adjective
- albinotic, adjective
- albinism, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ·· [al-, bin, -ik], ··Բ [al, -b, uh, -nl], adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of albino1
Example Sentences
The network once demanded that they change the line “that albino stole my midget” to “that madman stole my hobo.”
The organisation said albino and leucistic birds could be distinguished by eye colour.
The first living Omura’s whale was seen in the wild in 2015, but this is the first known sighting of what appears to be an albino of the species off Thailand.
There was a white one among them, an albino turtle, the pattern on its back etched out in shiny black lines.
They differ from albino alligators, which have pink eyes and a complete loss of pigment.
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