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pinta
1[ pin-tuh; Spanish peen-tah ]
noun
- a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
Pinta
2[ pin-tuh; Spanish peen-tah ]
noun
- one of the three ships under the command of Columbus during his first voyage to America in 1492.
pinta
1/ ˈpaɪntə /
noun
- informal.a pint of milk
pinta
2/ ˈpɪntə /
noun
- a tropical infectious skin disease caused by the bacterium Treponema carateum and characterized by the formation of papules and loss of pigmentation in circumscribed areas Also calledmal de pinto
Pinta
3/ ˈpɪntə /
noun
- the Pintathe Pinta one of the three ships commanded by Columbus on his first voyage to America (1492)
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Example Sentences
At last, early one morning, a gun was fired from the Pinta, and all knew that land had been sighted.
None being found, the lateen sails of the Pinta were altered into square sails.
The owners of one of the vessels, the Pinta, threw all possible obstacles in the way of her being fitted out.
The Pinta also sailed badly, her foremast being so defective that it could carry but little sail.
His fear was that the Pinta had already foundered, and that his vessel would also go to the bottom.
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