albino

Norwegian

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Definitions
  • an albino (person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism)
  • as a noun modifier albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Etymology

Derived from Latin albus (white, dull white) derived from Spanish, Castilian albino.

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Spanish

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