palomino

Borrowed from Spanish palomino, from paloma (“dove, pigeon”) + diminutive suffix -ino.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pæləˈmiːnəʊ/
• (US) enPR: păl-ə-mēʹnō, IPA^(key): /pæləˈmiːnoʊ/

palomino (plural palominos)

1. A horse with a golden-colored coat and a white or cream-colored mane and tail.

From paloma (“dove, pigeon”) +‎ -ino (“diminutive suffix”).

• IPA^(key): /paloˈmino/

palomino m (plural palominos)

1. palomino
2. squab (baby pigeon, baby dove, dove chick)
3. skid mark (visible stain left on underpants)
4. pigeon droppings

• palomina

• “palomino” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.