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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A horse with a golden-colored coat and a white or cream-colored mane and tail.

   "I mount my palomino and ride off; his flaxen mane and tail are full of the wind."

2. 2
   a horse of light tan or golden color with cream-colored or white mane and tail wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname from Spanish.

Synonyms

All synonyms

horsethoroughbredwine

Example

More examples

"A sorrel horse differs from a palomino mainly in that the latter has a white mane and tail."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish palomino, from paloma (“dove, pigeon”) + diminutive suffix -ino.

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