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pin⋅to
[pin-toh, peen-] 
toʊ
adjective, noun, plural -tos.–adjective
| 1. | marked with spots of white and other colors; mottled; spotted: a pinto horse. |
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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. Also called paint. 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
1860, "marked black and white," from Amer.Sp. pinto, lit. "painted, spotted," from Sp., from V.L. *pinctus, from L. pictus "painted," pp. of pingere "to paint" (see paint). Pinto bean is attested from 1916.
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