albino

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Experts believe it is probably an albino, which is an extremely rare phenomenon in African elephants.

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  1. noun A person or animal lacking normal pigmentation, with the result being that the skin and hair are abnormally white or milky and the eyes have a pink or blue iris and a deep-red pupil.
  2. noun A plant that lacks chlorophyll.

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  • Oonagh and the albino are captured, taken to England, and the evil-doers' plot seems on the brink of fruition--but of course, the game isn't to be ended that quickly or easily. —  Asimov's SF - February2006
  • They were not, as some at first supposed, albinos; for the term albino is applied to individuals whose features lack coloring pigment, and usually includes colorless eyes. —  080 - The Stone Man
  • He was not an albino, although his coloring was close to that of one. —  169 - Danger Lies East
  • Elric shook his head and they continued to stand there for a long time until the albino--his white face and hands ghastly in the alien light said: 'Since it is impracticable to return--we shall venture over the sea ; His voice was hollow and he spoke as one who was unaware of his words.
  • Tobas turned and peered back through the door; the albino was holding up something small and black. —  With A Single Spell
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  1. Portuguese, from albo, white, from Latin albus; see albho- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Portuguese albino, orig. applied by the Portuguese to the white negroes they met with on the coast of Africa (= Spanish Italian albino, later F. albinos), from albo, now alvo, = Spanish Italian albo, from Latin albus, white.
 

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