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grullo

grullo noun: a colouring of horses characterized by smoky or mouse-colored hairs on the body, often with shoulder and dorsal stripes and black barring on the lower legs.

Noun

grullo (countable and uncountable, plural grullos)

  1. A colouring of horses characterized by smoky or mouse-colored hairs on the body, often with shoulder and dorsal stripes and black barring on the lower legs.
  2. A horse having this colouring.
    • At first light they followed the dim tracks of her father's grullo, nearly obliterated by the rain but, when she put herself in the right mind, clear enough to follow.2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 251

Forms of grullo

pluralgrullos
alternative formgrulla

Origin of grullo

Borrowed from Spanish grullo, from grulla (“crane (bird)”).

Questions about grullo

What does grullo mean?
Grullo means a colouring of horses characterized by smoky or mouse-colored hairs on the body, often with shoulder and dorsal stripes and black barring on the lower legs.
What part of speech is grullo?
Grullo is a noun.
What is the plural of grullo?
The plural of grullo is grullos.

Words near grullo in the dictionary

  1. Gruiu
  2. Gruler
  3. Grulers
  4. Grulke
  5. Grulkes
  6. grullo
  7. Grullon
  8. Grullons
  9. grullos
  10. grum
  11. grumantite

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