How to Use albino in a Sentence

albino

1 of 2 noun
  • The garden was next to a dark pond haunted by huge albino grass carp.
    — Robert Moor, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Or go to Gatorland and watch a gator show and see the albino gators.
    — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Their albino hides, their red-glowing eyes!
    — Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Alvarez is counting on the duo to retrieve tiny albino shrimp found only in these caves.
    — Jennifer Berglund, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2014
  • Leucistic squirrels tend to have dark eyes and noses, while albino squirrels tend to have red or pink eyes and a pink nose.
    — Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The rare albino tortoise is out on exhibit, so zoo guests can meet the unique creature.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 7 June 2022
  • The thief got away with his founding albino male as well as females that were heterozygous for the trait.
    — Rebecca Giggs, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
  • So, the snake is not a true albino because other colors remain.
    — Brian Broom, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Some do it on the down-low while others use nonnative and albino snakes, like Molieri does.
    — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The white squirrels, says Rosenberg, are leucistic, rather than albino.
    — Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Not an albino, Big Medicine had a mostly white coat with a tuft of brown that sometimes appeared near his horns.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 13 July 2022
  • With the gene disabled, the pigments were absent, resulting in albino lizards.
    — Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2019
  • The unusual sunny color was paired with striking white eyes, a clue that the shark also has albino-xanthochromism.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Even more people believe palominos are albinos, which is incorrect.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 17 Apr. 2023
  • One mobile, a cluster of white leaf shapes strung along long horizontal arcs, has the aloof grace of an albino peacock, turning with a gavotte rhythm.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • And then there’s Claude, the city’s beloved albino alligator who bid adieu to his fans in December.
    — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The pan-sized rainbow trout weighed about a pound apiece, and the channel catfish were 2-pounders, with a few trophy rainbow trout and albino catfish in the mix.
    — cleveland, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Leucistic squirrels tend to have mixed fur patterns or patches, and albino squirrels tend to have pure white fur, according to the institute.
    — Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • There was a three-legged albino deer snacking on our neighborhood trees at one stretch, and a family of plump, fearless wild turkeys would often appear in our yard.
    — Alexandra Sanidad, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Whether white or albino, the animals are currently protected.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Some of Ukerewe's albinos were rescued from communities for their own protection.
    — Thomas Page, CNN, 13 June 2017
  • The only redeeming quality of those crude tubes is cracking them open on the counter and watching the dough flurb out like an albino Jabba the Hutt.
    — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2025
  • An albino raccoon named Cricket reaches through the wires of its cage to grab an animal cracker, an appetizer treat right before the evening meal.
    — Blake Farmer, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Sunset Zoo in Manhattan, Kansas, is now home to two baby wallabies – one of which is albino.
    — Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com, 10 Oct. 2021
  • McCurley, who had been breeding reptiles while working a day job as an electronic technician, couldn’t afford an albino, let alone a pied.
    — Rebecca Giggs, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Folks in southern Oklahoma are currently on the lookout for a giant albino reticulated python that has been living for months near a trailer park.
    — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 4 Oct. 2023
  • When, in 2001, Britney Spears strutted across stage with the thick rope of an albino snake draped across her shoulders, viewers spoke of little else.
    — Hazlitt, 4 May 2022
  • The 10-inch albino snake found on the Texas Hill Country ranch was missing the pigment and melanin that gives animals much of their colorations.
    — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Sep. 2021
  • An albino deer appears to be living among the wild deer population in Farmington Hills, Michigan.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Leucism, however, does not have the pink eye that is a characteristic of an albino, according to Fox Chattanooga.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 11 July 2022

albino

2 of 2 adjective
  • The least common fur type in cats is one with no color, which is found in albino cats.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Spotting an albino squirrel on UT's campus may be good luck, but what about an albino raccoon?
    — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Albino alligators in the wild are at a greater risk of being spotted by a predator and rarely live as long as their non-albino counterparts.
    — Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2021
  • The animals include Maple the sloth, Casper the albino iguana and Aphrodite the boa constrictor.
    — Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025
  • Women who give birth to an albino child or even one with disorders such as autism or cerebral palsy are often chastised and ostracized by their husbands and relatives.
    — Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
  • In February, an albino child from Tanzania was killed and mutilated for the very same reason.
    — Evan Fraser, Foreign Affairs, 16 Aug. 2015
  • During their study, the researchers learned of one botanic garden that had all albino corpse flower offspring, potentially due to inbreeding.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Included in the 15 recordings made of the bear in February is footage of the albino panda interacting with black-and-white pandas.
    — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 6 June 2023
  • The trait can occur across the animal kingdom, though albino animals often face obstacles to surviving in the wild, including poor eyesight.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2023
  • The reality star posted photos on Instagram of her dressed as an albino Alligator.
    — Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The albino population with its roots in Louisiana are suspected to have spawned from the mating of two non-albino alligators.
    — Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Aug. 2021
  • In 2018, for example, a chimpanzee in Uganda gave birth to an albino baby, a vanishingly rare occurrence in the species.
    — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Piebald deer have large patches of white hair often mixed with normal colors, according to the National Deer Assocation, while albino deer are all-white.
    — Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Since 1997, the counts have concluded that the albino eastern gray squirrels of Olney have been slowly disappearing, says Henton.
    — Michelle Mastro, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025

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