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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palomino palominos

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

From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2022

Like sherry, these wines are made from the palomino grape, but unlike sherry they are not fortified.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021

When Ivie got back to the ranch, he told Jigger — a palomino horse — what had happened.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2019

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

Above the desk, on a calendar, a smiling blond girl, in a baton twirler’s shiny blue suit with white boots to her knees, had her arms flung around the neck of a palomino horse.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

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

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

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