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piebald

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pie·bald  (pbôld)
adj.
Spotted or patched, especially in black and white: a piebald horse.
n.
A piebald animal, especially a horse.

[pie2 + bald.]

piebald
Adjective
marked in two colours, esp. black and white
Noun
a black-and-white horse [dialect pie magpie + bald]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.piebaldpiebald - having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies"
colored, coloured, colorful - having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"
Translations
Spanish piebald [ˈpaɪbɔːld] adjpío
French piebald [ˈpaɪbɔːld] adjpie inv
German piebald [ˈpaɪbɔːld] adj [horse] → scheckig
Italian piebald [ˈpaɪbɔːld] adjpezzato/a

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At last he said: 'Oh, you wretched beard-cleaner, you piebald fool, you hungry mouse-hunter, what can you be thinking of?
--the long, piebald rat, rather skinny, who came to see you in Puddleby last Spring with jaundice?
He caught a glimpse of the broad, smooth, black and piebald back of Hollandka.
 
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