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1. (n.) albino
a person with pale skin, white hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary inability to produce the pigment melanin.
2. albino
an animal or plant with a marked deficiency in pigmentation.
Etymology: (1770–80; < Pg, =alb(o) white (< L albus) +-ino -ine2)
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1. (noun) albino
a person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin; eyes are usually pink
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1. (noun) Albino
a person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition from the absence of chlorophyll
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