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Appaloosa

//ˌæ.pəˈluː.sə// noun

Definitions

Noun

1
A horse breed best known for its colorful spotted coat pattern. US, uncountable
2
A catfish. Southern-US, US
"A big fish wends its way towards the shape the light makes, stops and sucks at air. Mottled brown and black, with a pink, appaloosa mouth."
3
Alternative form of appaloosa. alt-of, alternative
4
a hardy breed of saddle horse developed in western North America and characteristically having a spotted rump wordnet
5
A horse of this breed. US, countable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From a + Palouse + -a. From the phrase "a Palouse horse", referring to the Palouse River near which they were first encountered by non-Native Americans. The river is named for the Palouse region.

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of Appaloosa cat, itself an ellipsis of Apaloosa catfish, after the Appalousa people of Louisiana.

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