palomino
noun/ˌpæləˈmiːnəʊ/
/ˌpæləˈmiːnəʊ/
(plural palominos)
- a horse that is a cream or gold colour with a white mane and tailCulturePalominos were first bred in the south-western US, and the name in Spanish means 'young pigeon'. A famous palomino was Trigger, the horse of Roy Rogers.Topics Animalsc2Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Latin American Spanish, from Spanish palomino ‘young pigeon’, from Latin palumbinus ‘resembling a dove’.
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