piebald
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piebald
- /ˈpaɪ.bɔːld/ UK
- /ˈpaɪ.bɔld/ US
- /ˈpaɪ.bɑld/ US
Where it comes from
From pie (“magpie”) + bald (“having white patches or blazes”).
Compare typologically Polish srokaty < sroka.
adjective more piebald · most piebald
- Spotted or blotched, especially in black and white. […] she kept several piebald mice and a restless revolving squirrel.
- Of mixed character, heterogeneous. And at the present day, the wanton introduction of scientific terms from the Greek and Latin, and of phrases from the French, threatens to render our tongue still more piebald, heterogeneous and unwieldy.
noun piebalds
- An animal with piebald coloration. Our neighbour's fancy was for piebald horses, and so strong was it that he wished not to have any one-coloured animals in his herd, despite the fact that he bred horses for sale and that piebalds were not so popular as horses of a more normal colouring.
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adj spotted or blotched
| Español | moteado |
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| Français | pie |
| Deutsch | gescheckt, scheckig, weißgescheckt, schwarzgescheckt |
| Русский | пе́гий pégij, пятни́стый pjatnístyj |
adj of mixed character, heterogeneous
| Русский | пёстрый pjóstryj, разношёрстный raznošórstnyj |
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title = {piebald},
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