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Word entry · 7 letters

piebald

Best crossword clue

"Having patches of color"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈpaɪ.bɔːld/Part of speech adjectiveSorted abdeilpStarts with PEnds with D1 clues
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Definitions

  1. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly

Word origin

From pie (“magpie”) + bald (“having white patches or blazes”).

Used in a sentence

  • […] she kept several piebald mice and a restless revolving squirrel.
  • This figure was clad in tweeds of a piebald check, with a pink tie, a sharp collar and protuberant yellow boots.
  • We saw many small animals, such as porcupines, a scaly ant-eater, and a wild pig, piebald in color and with long curved tusks.

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