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pinto
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pin·to  (pnt)
n. pl. pin·tos or pin·toes
A horse with patchy markings of white and another color. Also called paint.
adj.
Mottled; pied.

[Spanish, piebald, spotted, from Vulgar Latin *pnctus, past participle of Latin pingere, to paint; see peig- in Indo-European roots.]

pinto [ˈpɪntəʊ] US and Canadian
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) marked with patches of white; piebald
n pl -tos
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a pinto horse
[from American Spanish (originally: painted, spotted), ultimately from Latin pingere to paint]

pinto - As in horse and beans, it is Spanish for "painted, mottled, spotted."
See also related terms for spotted.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pinto - a spotted or calico horse or ponypinto - a spotted or calico horse or pony    
Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
Translations
pinto (US)
adj horsescheckig
nSchecke mf


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