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skewbald

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) skewbald (adjective)
  2. 2) skewbald (noun)

1skew·bald

adj \-ˌbȯld\

Definition of SKEWBALD

of an animal
: marked with patches of white and any other color but black

Origin of SKEWBALD

skewed (skewbald) + bald
First Known Use: 1654

Rhymes with SKEWBALD

close-hauled, kobold, piebald, ribald, so-called, sunscald

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