This term for a plant or animal with a marked deficiency of pigmentation comes from the Latin for "white"
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believe Albert is a true albino they say they have never come across such a 
bizarrely... [DOC] [TLE] Albinism in biology - Wikipedia [PAR] Albinism in biology is the "Congenital absence of any pigmentation or coloration 
in a person, animal or plant, resulting in white .... One definition states that "
albinism, (from the Latin albus, meaning white), hereditary condition ...