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noun
A horse breed best known for its colorful spotted coat pattern.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, uncountable
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noun
A horse of this breed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable
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noun
A catfish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Southern-US, US
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noun
Alternative form of appaloosa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
a hardy breed of saddle horse developed in western North America and characteristically having a spotted rump
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: saddle horse, riding horse, mount
History
From a + Palouse + -a. From the phrase "a Palouse horse", referring to the Palouse River near which they were first encountered by non-Native Americans. The river is named for the Palouse region.
Ellipsis of Appaloosa cat, itself an ellipsis of Apaloosa catfish, after the Appalousa people of Louisiana.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
