tobiano

[ toh-bee-on-oh ]

noun

1. a genetic pigmentation pattern of large white patches on the darker base coat of certain horses, as on pinto horses: all four legs being white or mostly white is characteristic of this pattern.
2. a horse with this pattern.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tobiano¹

First recorded in 1885–90; from South American Spanish; probably applied to horses imported by a Dutch emigrant named Tobias