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piebald

pie·bald [ p bàwld ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
with colored patches: describes a horse whose coat has patches of two or more contrasting colors, especially black and white



noun  (plural pie·bald or pie·balds)
Definition:
 
a piebald horse

[
U.S. term  (all senses)pinto
Late 16th century. <pie4; from the resemblance to a magpie's plumage
]
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