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

Adjective

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

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