albino

Definitions


[alˈbiːnəʊ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person or animal having a congenital absence of pigment in the skin and hair (which are white) and the eyes (which are usually pink)
(e.g: people often assume that any white squirrel is an albino)


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Origin:
early 18th century: from Portuguese (originally denoting albinos among black African people) and Spanish, from albo (from Latin albus ‘white’) + the suffix -ino (see -ine)




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