palomino

American  

[pal-uh-mee-noh] / ˌpæl əˈmi noʊ /

noun

palominos plural

1. a horse with a golden coat, a white mane and tail, and often white markings on the face and legs, developed chiefly in the southwestern U.S.

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palomino British  

/ ˌpæləˈmiːnəʊ /

noun

1. a golden horse with a cream or white mane and tail

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• palominos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of palomino

First recorded in 1910–15, from Latin American Spanish (Panama), special use of Spanish palomino “of, resembling a dove,” from Latin palumbīnus, equivalent to palumb(ēs) “dove” + -īnus -ine ¹

Explanation

A palomino is a particularly popular kind of horse, with a coat color that ranges from almost white to golden yellow. If you've dreamed since you were little of riding a palomino along a deserted beach, it means that you picture yourself on a pale golden horse. Palominos turn up in movies, parades, and shows because they're unusual and considered to be particularly beautiful. Mr. Ed, possibly the most famous television horse, was a palomino. The word palomino is Spanish, and it means (oddly enough) "young dove."

Example Sentences

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Family, friends and neighbors filled the frames with dancing and dominoes; their apartments painted in shades of mint, butter yellow and palomino pink, flecked with a patina cultivated by humidity and time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Eliff, 91, stood beside Stetson, an 11-year-old palomino.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2022

He saddles his beautiful palomino, and we expect an open prairie, but he winds up in a bright new kitchen, agleam with mod cons, where Gena Rowlands makes him ham and eggs.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 9, 2016

Jolene and Richard Whiteclay, from Pryor, painted the palomino, Aria.

From Washington Times ● May 28, 2016

Josiah had borrowed Ulibarri’s big palomino horse, the one Ulibarri claimed was a brother to the champion cutting horse at the State Fair.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

They had back ends like palominos, tattoos all over their hairy arms and chests, and bullish horns protruding from their foreheads.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

Apollo’s chariot was trim and graceful and completely gold, pulled by two beautiful palominos.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan