palomino

palomino
noun (plural -nos) Etymology: American Spanish, from Spanish, like a dove, from Latin palumbinus, from palumbes ringdove; akin to Greek peleia dove, Latin pallēre to be pale — more at fallow Date: 1914 a horse that is pale cream to gold in color and has a flaxen or white mane and tail

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  • palomino — pal o*mi no (p[a^]l [u^]*m[=e] n[ o]) n. [Sp. palomino, resembling a dove.] A horse of light tan or golden color with cream or white mane and tail, and often having white markings on the legs and face. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • palomino — (n.) 1914, from Amer.Sp. palomino cream colored horse, from Sp., lit. young dove, perhaps from It. palombino dove colored, from L. palumbinus of wood pigeons, from palumba wood pigeon (see FALLOW (Cf. fallow) (adj.)). The horse so called because… …   Etymology dictionary

  • palomino — 1. m. Pollo de la paloma brava. 2. coloq. Mancha de excremento en la ropa interior …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • palomino — ► NOUN (pl. palominos) ▪ a pale golden or tan coloured horse with a white mane and tail. ORIGIN Latin American Spanish, from Spanish, young pigeon …   English terms dictionary

  • palomino — ☆ palomino [pal΄ə mē′nō ] n. pl. palominos [AmSp < Sp, dove colored < L palumbinus < palumbes, a pigeon, ringdove < IE base * pel , gray, pale (> PALE1, FALLOW2): form prob. infl. by L columba: see COLUMBARIUM] a golden tan or… …   English World dictionary

  • Palomino — Catavino de jerez, vino realizado predominantemente con esta variedad. Para otros usos de este término, véase Palomino (desambiguación). Palomino es una variedad española de vid (Vitis vinifera) blanca. Contenido …   Wikipedia Español

  • Palomino — Der Begriff Palomino bezeichnet: einen Farbschlag bei Pferden (goldenes Fell mit silberner bzw. weißer Mähne), siehe auch Cream Gen des Pferdes die klassische Sherry Traube; viele Sherrys sind tatsächlich zu 100% Palomino, siehe Palomino… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Palomino — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Le palomino est une couleur de robe équine; Le palomino est une race chevaline qui portant de rbbe palomino; Le palomino désigne un cépage espagnol.… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • palomino — /pal euh mee noh/, n., pl. palominos. a horse with a golden coat, a white mane and tail, and often white markings on the face and legs, developed chiefly in the southwestern U.S. [1910 15, Amer.; < AmerSp, special use of Sp palomino of,… …   Universalium

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