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Jun. 29, 2015

piebald \PAHY-bawld\ adjective 1. having patches of black and white or of other colors; parti-colored. noun 1. a piebald animal, especially a horse. Quotes Arabella was furry and piebald and wagged her tail like a dog. She had tusks. -- Adrienne Miller, The Coast of Akron, 2005 Origin Piebald came to English in the late 1500s from the Middle English pie which references the magpie noted for its black and white plumage, and bald which ultimately derives from the Greek phaliós meaning "having a white spot."

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