palomino

pal·o·mi·no  (pl-mn)

n. pl. pal·o·mi·nos

A horse with a golden or tan coat and a white or cream-colored mane and tail, thought to have been developed from Arabian stock.

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[American Spanish, from Spanish, young dove, perhaps from Italian palombino, dove-colored, from Latin palumbnus, pertaining to ringdoves, from palumbs, ringdove; see pel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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palomino

Noun

pl -nos a golden or cream horse with a white mane and tail [Spanish: dovelike]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

palomino - a horse of light tan or golden color with cream-colored or white mane and tail Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times