/ ælˈbiːnəʊ; NAmE -ˈbaɪnoʊ/ noun
( pl. -os ) a person or an animal that is born with no colour (= pigment ) in the hair or skin, which are white, or in the eyes, which are pink
► al·bino adjective [ only before noun ]
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WORD ORIGIN
early 18th cent.: from Portuguese (originally denoting albinos among African blacks) and Spanish , from albo (from Latin albus white) + the suffix -ino .