Piebald

Word PIEBALD
Character 7
Hyphenation pie bald
Pronunciations /ˈpaɪ.bɔːld/

Definitions and meanings of "Piebald"

What do we mean by piebald?

Spotted or patched, especially in black and white. adjective

A piebald animal, especially a horse. noun

Having spots or patches of white and black or other color; party-colored; pied: as, a piebald horse.

Hence Mixed; heterogeneous; mongrel.

Having spots and patches of black and white, or other colors; mottled; pied. adjective

Fig.: Mixed. adjective

Spotted or blotched, especially in black and white. adjective

Of mixed character, heterogeneous. adjective

An animal with piebald coloration. noun

Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly adjective

An animal with piebald coloration.

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The word "piebald" in example sentences

This little guy is what's known as a piebald squirrel - the term piebald applies to any animal displaying depigmented white fur. ❋ The Record (2008)

It looks to me like a "piebald" black duck. aside from the whitish-cream color the whitish ring around the bill has me stumped. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If a horse is "piebald", its coat has large patches of which two colours? ❋ Unknown (2009)

A normal ball python today typically sells for under $100; a "piebald" python — white with rare blotches of brown and green — can fetch $3,000. ❋ Justin Scheck (2010)

The latter word is properly balled, i.e., marked with a ball, or white streak, a word of Celtic origin; cf. "piebald," i.e., balled like a (mag) pie, and the "bald-faced stag." ❋ Ernest Weekley (1909)

The word "piebald" could also apply, though it generally refers to a combination of black and white. ❋ Unknown (2010)

6. If a horse is "piebald", its coat has large patches of which two colours? ❋ Unknown (2009)

I'd also like to take a piebald buck but they'd have to be spectacular animals once in a lifetime trophies for me to be willing to take them out of nature. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There is no chance I would shoot an albino or even a piebald deer and same if I caught an albino fish. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Photo By arekcut my 120 inch piebald killed in kentucky's 2008 gun season ❋ Unknown (2009)

Even the Jacob sheep seemed as if they had been chiselled out of piebald stone. ❋ Mark Cocker (2010)

I've been hunting all my life and never even caught a glimps of a piebald. ❋ Unknown (2009)

All submitted comments are subject to the rules set forth in our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. rare 10pt massachusetts piebald deer ❋ Unknown (2009)

Next, in a pause on the part of the man who led him, he regarded with huge interest a piebald Shetland pony. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I've never seen a melanistic anything, just albino and piebald deer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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