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adj. - Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.

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Usage examples (33)
  • This little guy is what's known as a piebald squirrel - the term piebald applies to any animal displaying depigmented white fur.
  • If a horse is "piebald", its coat has large patches of which two colours?
  • It looks to me like a "piebald" black duck. aside from the whitish-cream color the whitish ring around the bill has me stumped.
  • The word "piebald" could also apply, though it generally refers to a combination of black and white.
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