albino
noun/ælˈbiːnəʊ/
/ælˈbaɪnəʊ/
(plural albinos)
- a person or an animal that is born with no pigment (= colour) in the hair or skin, which are white, or in the eyes, which are pinkTopics Appearancec2Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Portuguese (originally denoting albinos among black Africans) and Spanish, from albo (from Latin albus ‘white’) + the suffix -ino.
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