palomino

[ pal-uh-mee-noh ]

noun,plural pal·o·mi·nos.
  1. a horse with a golden coat, a white mane and tail, and often white markings on the face and legs, developed chiefly in the southwestern U.S.

Origin of palomino

1
First recorded in 1910–15, Americanism; from Latin American Spanish (Panama), special use of Spanish palomino “of, resembling a dove,” from Latin palumbīnus, equivalent to palumb(ēs) “dove” + -īnus -ine1

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palomino

/ (ˌpæləˈmiːnəʊ) /


nounplural -nos
  1. a golden horse with a cream or white mane and tail

Origin of palomino

1
American Spanish, from Spanish: dovelike, from Latin palumbīnus, from palumbēs ring dove

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