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albino
 
SYLLABICATION:al·bi·no
PRONUNCIATION:  l-bn
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. al·bi·nos
1. A person or animal lacking normal pigmentation, with the result being that the skin and hair are abnormally white or milky and the eyes have a pink or blue iris and a deep-red pupil. 2. A plant that lacks chlorophyll.
ETYMOLOGY:Portuguese, from albo, white, from Latin albus. See albho- in Appendix I.
 
 
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