overo
English
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish overo (“piebald”).
Noun
editovero (plural overos)
- A pinto horse with white-over-dark body markings.
- 1988, Glynn W. Haynes, The American Paint Horse, page 92:
- The dark overo cropouts often have wide blazes on the face and do not have the bald or apron faces that are associated with the overo color pattern.
See also
editSpanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Vulgar Latin *falvārium, from falvus, from Proto-Germanic *falwaz. Cognate with Portuguese fouveiro, Catalan falb, French fauve, and further German fahl, falb, English fallow. The expected Spanish spelling would be hovero, which is attested.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editovero (feminine overa, masculine plural overos, feminine plural overas)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “overo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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