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pinto

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) pinto (noun)
  2. 2) pinto (adjective)
  3. pinto bean (noun)
  4. pinto leaf (noun)

1pin·to

noun \ˈpin-(ˌ)tō\
plural pintos also pintoes

Definition of PINTO

: a horse or pony of various breeding that is marked with patches of white and another color — compare paint, piebald, skewbald
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Origin of PINTO

American Spanish, from pinto spotted, from obsolete Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *pinctus
First Known Use: 1860

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