Definition of albino Albino

/ælbajˈnowˌ/ - [atlbaynow] - al•bi•no

We found 7 definitions of albino from 6 different sources.

What does albino mean?

Plural: albinos

albino - a person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin; eyes are usually pink

unusual person, anomaly (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)

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albino (Noun)
Person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers or more rarely only in the eyes; one born with albinism.
albino (Adjective)
congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers or more rarely only in the eyes; born with albinism.

albino (n.)
A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition from the absence of chlorophyll.

albino
A person with pale skin, light hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary inability to produce the pigment melanin.

albino
al-bī′no, n. a human being or animal whose skin and hair are abnormally white, and the pupil of the eye of pink colour:—fem. Albī′ness:—pl. Albī′nos.—n. Al′binism, state or condition of being an albino. [Sp. albino, whitish—L. albus, white.]