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pinto

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pin⋅to

  [pin-toh, peen-] adjective, noun, plural -tos.
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–adjective
1. marked with spots of white and other colors; mottled; spotted: a pinto horse.
–noun
2. Western U.S. a pinto horse.
3. pinto bean.
Origin:
1855–60, Americanism; < AmerSp (obs. Sp) < VL *pinctus painted; see pinta
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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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pin·to
Pronunciation: 'pin-(")tO
Function: noun
: PINTA
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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