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Chincoteague pony

noun

  1. a wild pony found on certain islands off the Virginia coast, apparently descended from Moorish ponies shipwrecked in this vicinity in the 16th century.

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Origin of Chincoteague pony1

After Chincoteague Island, off the Virginia coast

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