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mus·tang  (mstng)

n.

A small, hardy wild horse of the North American plains, descended from Arabian horses brought to America by Spanish explorers.

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[American Spanish mesteño, mestengo, stray animal, from Old Spanish, from mesta, association of livestock owners, from Medieval Latin (animlia) mixta, assorted (animals), from Latin, neuter pl. past participle of miscre, to mix; see meik- in Indo-European roots.]

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mustang

Noun

a small breed of horse, often wild or half wild, found in the southwestern US [Mexican Spanish mestengo]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mustang - small hardy range horse of the western plains descended from horses brought by the Spanish pony - a range horse of the western United States bronc, broncho, bronco - an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang