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pin·to
(pĭn′tō)n. pl. pin·tos or pin·toes
A horse with patchy markings of white and another color.
adj.
Mottled; pied.
[Spanish, piebald, spotted, from Vulgar Latin *pīnctus, past participle of Latin pingere, to paint; see peig- in Indo-European roots.]
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pinto
(ˈpɪntəʊ)adj
(Zoology) marked with patches of white; piebald
n, pl -tos
(Animals) a pinto horse
[C19: from American Spanish (originally: painted, spotted), ultimately from Latin pingere to paint]
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pin•to
(ˈpɪn toʊ, ˈpin-)adj., n., pl. -tos. adj.
1. marked with spots of white and other colors; mottled; spotted.
n. 2. a pinto horse.
[1855–60, Amer.; < American Spanish (obsolete Sp) < Vulgar Latin *pinctus painted; see pinta]
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pinto
- As in horse and beans, it is Spanish for "painted, mottled, spotted."See also related terms for spotted.
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| Noun | 1. |  pinto - a spotted or calico horse or pony Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times |
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