overo

English

Etymology

From Spanish overo (piebald).

Noun

overo (plural overos)

  1. 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

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited 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

  • IPA(key): /oˈbeɾo/ [oˈβ̞e.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: o‧ve‧ro

Adjective

overo (feminine overa, masculine plural overos, feminine plural overas)

  1. (Chile, Argentina, Uruguay) piebald, mottled

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Further reading

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