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Word: Albino
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 18th century: from Portuguese (originally denoting albinos among black African people) and Spanish, from albo (from Latin albus ‘white’) + the suffix -ino (see -ine)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
alˈbiːnəʊ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a person or animal having a congenital absence of pigment in the skin and hair (which are white) and the eyes (which are usually pink)
Short Definition:person or animal having congenital absence of pigment
Examples:- people often assume that any white squirrel is an albino
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