appaloosa

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˌæ.pəˈluː.sə/
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/ˌæ.pəˈluː.sə/ · /ˌæ.pəˈlu.sə/

Definition of appaloosa

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US, uncountable)A horse breed best known for its colorful spotted coat pattern.
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noun

  1. (US, uncountable)A horse breed best known for its colorful spotted coat pattern.
  2. (US, countable)A horse of this breed.
  3. (Southern-US, US)A catfish.
    “A big fish wends its way towards the shape the light makes, stops and sucks at air. Mottled brown and black, with a pink, appaloosa mouth.”
    “On a two-day camp out at Red Bluff on the Angelina River in East Texas, we had out twelve trotlines, fishing for mud, appaloosa, blue and channel catfish.”
  4. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of appaloosa.

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Etymology

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.

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