albino
albino
Definition
al·bino (al bī′nō, -bē′-)
noun pl. -·nos
- a person whose skin, hair, and eyes lack normal coloration because of genetic factors: albinos have a white skin, whitish hair, and pink eyes
- any animal or plant abnormally lacking in color
Etymology: Port, lit., whitish < albo < L albus, white: see elf
adjective
designating or of such a person, animal, or plant an albino monkey
albino
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- produce: So, it is important to remember that too much emphasis on trying to produce an all-white bird may produce unwanted albinos.
- include: The catfish stock also includes the famous albino with a top weight of 26lb 5oz.
- have: To Index General I have an albino ( white rat ).
Preposition: with
- eye: Without these traces they would be born albinos with red eyes.
Adjective modifier
- true: It is a little surprising that after 50 years of breeding, the true albino Syrian hamster has yet to occur.
- white: Blizzard is a white albino and quite a large-ish size, he is easy to handle and has no evident medical problems.
- large: Most intriguing to him was the large albino Oscar.
- rare: A extremely rare albino African penguin chick, which hatched at Bristol zoo in November 2002, has died.
- male: Snowy and Fluffy ( 26/06/04 ) Snowy is a very handsome neutered male albino Netherland Dwarf x Dwarf Lop rabbit.
- more: And we have several more albino and black furry guys.
Modifies a noun
- oscar: Breeding pair of albino oscar 12 " plus: A large pair of Albino oscars.
- monk: They're the ones who are being murdered by the mad albino monk with the silly accent.
- rat: The albino rat has come to be the most widely used laboratory animal.
- mouse: Albino mice and rats, hamsters, and guinea pigs are widely used as laboratory animals for biological and medical purposes.
- gene: Some genes, such as the albino gene, are rare in the gene pool, others are common.
- animal: An albino animal has no pigment in its body.
Browse dictionary entries near albino
- albinism
- Albigenses
- albescent
- Albertus Magnus
- albertite
- Alberti
- Alberta clipper
- Alberta
- Albert Nyanza
- Albert Memorial
- Albion
- albite
- Alboin
- Ålborg
- Albucasis
- albugineous
- album
- albumen
- albumenize
- albumin
