tobiano
Americannoun
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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.
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a horse with this pattern.
Etymology
Origin of tobiano
First recorded in 1885–90; from South American Spanish; probably applied to horses imported by a Dutch emigrant named Tobias
Example Sentences
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Chen, 45, was pursuing graduate studies at Indiana University when she first encountered the toy piano, an instrument with a brittle, xylophone-like sound usually around 20 inches long, with a range of three octaves.
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024
Trumpets blare at the voice-cracking top of their register over a cool upright bass line and the incongruous junkyard jangle of toy piano.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2022
It is never better demonstrated than in the giant toy piano scene, with Hanks joyously dancing on the keys.
From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2020
He taught himself to play a toy piano and piano-accordion before he was four.
From BBC • Jul. 26, 2017
It sounded as if someone a long way off were playing a toy piano.
From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo
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