02-26-2010, 07:37 PM
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noʊ or, especially Brit., -ˈbi-/ [url "http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html"]![[Image: dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif]](http://sp.ask.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif)
[/url] Show Spelled[/url][al-bahy-noh or, especially Brit., -bee-] [url "http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/Spell_pron_key.html"][/url] Show IPA[/url]
–noun,plural-nos.
1.
a person with pale skin, light hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary inability to producethe pigment melanin.
2.
an animal or plant with a marked deficiency in pigmentation.
Origin:
1770–80; < Pg, equiv. to alb(o) white (< L albus) + -ino [url "http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/-ine"]-ine[/url]1
Albino means white...........from the Latin "albus" Pays to know your word origins.
The article states that they are the same as those stocked along Mirror Lake Hwy and through the Uintas, which we have called albinos for many years....
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[/url] /ælˈbaɪnoʊ or, especially Brit., -ˈbi-/ [url "http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html"][/url] Show Spelled[/url][al-bahy-noh or, especially Brit., -bee-] [url "http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/Spell_pron_key.html"][/url] Show IPA[/url] –noun,plural-nos.
1.
a person with pale skin, light hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary inability to producethe pigment melanin.
2.
an animal or plant with a marked deficiency in pigmentation.
Origin:
1770–80; < Pg, equiv. to alb(o) white (< L albus) + -ino [url "http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/-ine"]-ine[/url]1
Albino means white...........from the Latin "albus" Pays to know your word origins.
The article states that they are the same as those stocked along Mirror Lake Hwy and through the Uintas, which we have called albinos for many years....
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