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pinto
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pinto has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
pinto, a. [Sp., painted.].
Lit., painted; hence, piebald; mottled; pied. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
pinto, n.
Any pied animal; esp., a pied or “painted” horse. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pinto, adj. & n. US
--adj. piebald.
--n. (pl. -os) a piebald horse.
--adj. piebald.
--n. (pl. -os) a piebald horse.
Etymology
Sp., = mottled, ult. f. L pictus past part. of pingere paint
THESAURUS
pinto
bay, bayard, buckskin, calico, calico pony, chestnut, clouded, dapple, dapple-gray, dappled, dun, gray, grizzle, marbled, motley, mottled, paint, painted pony, pepper-and-salt, piebald, pied, roan, skewbald, sorrel
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