Pinto

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pinto \Pin"to\, a. [Sp., painted.]
     Lit., painted; hence, piebald; mottled; pied.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Pinto \Pin"to\, n.
     Any pied animal; esp., a pied or "painted" horse.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pintos \Pin"tos\, n. pl.; sing. {Pinto}. [Sp., painted,
     mottled.] (Eyhnol.)
     A mountain tribe of Mexican Indians living near Acapulco.
     They are remarkable for having the dark skin of the face
     irregularly spotted with white. Called also {speckled
     Indians}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pinto
       n : a spotted or calico horse or pony

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "pinto":
     bay, bayard, buckskin, calico, calico pony, chestnut, clouded,
     dapple, dapple-gray, dappled, dun, gray, grizzle, marbled, motley,
     mottled, paint, painted pony, pepper-and-salt, piebald, pied, roan,
     skewbald, sorrel