piebald
adjective/ˈpaɪbɔːld/
/ˈpaɪbɔːld/
- (of a horse) with areas on it of two colours, usually black and white synonym pinto compare skewbaldWord Originlate 16th cent.: from pie used in the naming of birds (because of the magpie's black-and-white plumage) + bald (in the obsolete sense ‘streaked with white’).
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