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Albino

noun

(pl. albinos)

A person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin; eyes are usually pink.

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"Albino" Quotes from Famous Books

... seen; and a pinto as wonderfully painted as the little lambs; and, most striking of all, a pure, cream-colored mustang with grace and fine lines and beautiful mane and tail, and, strange to see, eyes as blue as azure. This albino mustang came right up to Shefford, an action in singular contrast with that of the others, and showed a tame and friendly spirit toward him and Nack-yal. Indeed, Shefford had reason to feel ashamed of Nack-yal's temper ...

— The Rainbow Trail • Zane Grey

... real Albino!—fit fancy-girl for any one! She enjoys good health, and has a sweet temper. How much do ...

— Clotelle - The Colored Heroine • William Wells Brown

... it's lucky the times she's decided to cross me off as one of her heirs don't show on me anywhere or I'd be notched up like a yardstick, and if I'd done any worryin' over these spells of hers I'd be an albino from the ears up. But when she starts castin' the cold eye at Richard Hemmingway I almost works up that guilty feelin' and wonders if maybe I ain't some ...

— Torchy As A Pa • Sewell Ford

... title, perhaps a mere coincidence, of the ancient Accadians. In spite, however, of the universality of black hair in both men and women, there are exceptions to the rule, and I myself have seen a Chinese albino, with the usual ...

— China and the Chinese • Herbert Allen Giles

... my desk, so as to have before me a souvenir of the adorable creatures who furnished the threads. I will answer for it that there will be every shade in it from that of Camille Hautier, my first love, who was an albino, to this ...

— Serge Panine • Georges Ohnet

Words linked to "Albino" : unusual person, albinistic, anomaly