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piebald

[pahy-bawld]
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adjective
  1. having patches of black and white or of other colors; parti-colored.
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noun
  1. a piebald animal, especially a horse.
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Origin of piebald

1580–90; pie2 (see pied) + bald
Related formspie·bald·ly, adverbpie·bald·ness, noun

Synonyms

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1. dappled, mottled.
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British Dictionary definitions for piebaldness

piebald

adjective
  1. marked or spotted in two different colours, esp black and whitea piebald horse
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noun
  1. a black-and-white pied horse
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Word Origin

C16: pie ² + bald; see also pied
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Word Origin and History for piebaldness

piebald

adj.

"of two different colors," 1580s, formed from pie (n.2) "magpie" + bald in its older sense of "spotted, white;" in reference to the black-and-white plumage of the magpie. Hence, "of mixed character, mongrel." Technically only of black-and-white colorings.

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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
piebaldness in Medicine

piebaldness

(pī′bôld′nĭs)
n.
  1. A skin disorder that is characterized by pigmentless patches of scalp hair that give the hair a streaked appearance.piebaldism
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