palomino
palomino Lexical Profile
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• noun
A horse (Equus caballus) having a light golden or tan coat and a white or flaxen mane and tail, resulting from a genetic dilution of a chestnut coat.
"She groomed the prize-winning palomino until its golden coat gleamed in the sunlight."
The light golden-yellow or creamy tan coat color characteristic of a palomino horse.
"The breeder specialized in quarter horses with rich palomino and buckskin coats."
A pale greenish-yellow grape cultivar native to Andalusia in southern Spain, grown extensively around Jerez and used primarily to make sherry.
"Dry sherries from southern Spain are made almost exclusively from the juice of the palomino."
• adjective
Of a horse or its coat: having a light golden or tan body color with a white or flaxen mane and tail.
"The equestrian team rode matching palomino mares in the annual parade."
• Rhymes for palomino
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from American Spanish palomino, originally a diminutive of Spanish paloma ('dove'), from Late Latin palumba. In Spain, the term is also associated with the surname of Juan Alonso Palomino, a 16th-century Spanish conquistador after whom the Palomino wine grape was named.