albino

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ælˈbiːnəʊ/
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/ælˈbiːnəʊ/ · /ælˈbaɪnoʊ/ · /alˈbiːnoː/

Definition of albino

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism.
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism.

noun

  1. (countable)A person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese albino and Spanish albino. * Portuguese albino is from Medieval Latin albinus, from Latin albus * Spanish albino is diminutive of albo, from Latin albus (“white”).

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