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al·bi·no

(ăl-bī′nō)

n. pl. al·bi·nos

An individual with albinism.

[Ultimately (perhaps via Portuguese) from Spanish, from albo, white, from Latin albus; see albho- in Indo-European roots.]

al·bi′no adj.

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albino

(ælˈbiːnəʊ)

n, pl -nos

1. (Pathology) a person with congenital absence of pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair

2. (Biology) any animal or plant that is deficient in pigment

[C18: via Portuguese from Spanish, from albo white, from Latin albus]

albinic, ˌalbinˈistic adj

albinism n

albinotic adj

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al•bi•no

(ælˈbaɪ noʊ; esp. Brit. -ˈbi-)

n., pl. -nos.

1. a person with pale skin, white hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary inability to produce the pigment melanin.

2. an animal or plant with a marked deficiency in pigmentation.

[1770–80; < Portuguese, =alb(o) white (< Latin albus) + -ino -ine²]

al•bin′ic (-ˈbɪn ɪk) al•bi•nal (ˈæl bə nl) adj.

al·bi·no

(ăl-bī′nō)

A person or animal born without normal coloring as a result of an inherited inability to produce melanin. Mammals that are albinos have white hair, pale skin, and usually pinkish eyes.

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Noun

albino - a person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin; eyes are usually pink

unusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusual

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[ælˈbiːnəʊ]

A. ADJ → albino

B. N → albino/a m/f

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albino

[ælˈbiːnəʊ]

n (= person, animal) → albinos mf

adj [person, animal] → albinos inv

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albino

n → Albino m

adj → Albino-; albino rabbit → Albinokaninchen nt

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albino

[ælˈbiːnəʊ] adj & n → albino/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

al·bi·no

n. albino-a, persona afectada por albinismo.

albino

adj albino; n (pl -nos) albino -na mf

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Certainly Albinos, who seemed to have rabbits' eyes by day, had cats' eyes at night: everybody knew that!...Yes, yes, he had undoubtedly fired at Erik.

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The iris of the eyes is blood red, as in Albinos, while the pupil is dark.

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Its face was of the ashen hue of a fresh corpse, while the white hair and pink eyes denoted the absence of pigment; a characteristic of albinos.

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But the man who wishes to study the active habits of the feline race, or the variety, albinos, must, indeed, be stirring at this hour.

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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!

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[12] A Gucho assured me that he had once seen a snow-white or Albino variety, and that it was a most beautiful bird.

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But we're hatching out drones with workers' stomachs; workers with drones' stomachs; and albinoes and mixed-leggers who can't pack pollen--like that poor little beast yonder.

One albino, for instance, divided the number of pounds of honey in stock by the number of bees in the Hive, and proved that if every bee only gathered honey for seven and three quarter minutes a day, she would have the rest of the time to herself, and could accompany the drones on their mating flights.

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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. He was clad in rags, was very emaciated, and bore every trace of prolonged hardship.

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His murderers cut his right leg off at the knee, his right arm and his tongue," said Kassim Kazungu, the head of the local association Albinos Without Borders.More than 20 albinos have been killed in Burundi since 2008, with the last case in 2016 when a five-year-old girl was found dismembered after being taken from her home.

Albino teen found dismembered in Burundi

She said some albinos are often confused with blonde hedgehogs, but they can be differentiated by the appearance of their eyes.

Rare albino hedgehog stops walkers in their tracks; ANIMALS

Hundreds of albinos have been brutally murdered and mutilated in African countries in the past decades.