albino
pronunciation
How to pronounce albino in British English:
UK [ælˈbi:nəʊ]
How to pronounce albino in American English:
US [ælˈbaɪnoʊ]
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- Noun:
- a person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin; eyes are usually pink
Word Origin
- albino
- albino: [18] Like album, albino comes ultimately from Latin albus ‘white’. It was borrowed into English from the Portuguese, who used it with reference to black Africans suffering from albinism (it is a derivative of albo, the Portuguese descendant of Latin albus).=> album
- albino (n.)
- 1777, from Spanish or Portuguese albino, from Latin albus "white" (see alb). Used by Portuguese of white-spotted African negroes. Extended 1859 to animals having the same peculiarity. A female albino formerly was an albiness (1808).
Example
- 1. Have you ever known there are such creatures as an albino two-headed snake ?
- 2. The wistar is a particular strain of albino rat used widely for research .
- 3. Along came an " albino " spider-and it 's shocked scientists in australia .
- 4. It 's almost like being an albino or a diabetic .
- 5. The norwegian had 14 royal pythons and 10 albino geckos concealed under his clothes as he disembarked from a ferry in kristiansand , south norway .