piebald

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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pie·bald /ˈpaɪbɔːld $ -bɒːld/ adjective  HBAa piebald animal has black and white areas on its body 〔动物〕有黑白两色花斑的 a piebald horse 一匹有黑白花斑的马

Examples from the Corpus

piebald• Below us the landscape shone in great brown-and-white patterns like the coat of a well-groomed piebald horse.• Now the ship was in orbit, circling low above the surface of this strangely piebald moon.Origin piebald (1500-1600) pie “magpie” ( → MAGPIE) + bald

pie·bald adjectiveChineseSyllable  

animal has white on and a Corpus black areas piebald

piebald
pie‧bald /ˈpaɪbɔːld $ -bɒːld/ adjectivea piebald animal has black and white areas on its body:
    a piebald horse

pie·baldBrE /ˈpaɪbɔːld/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpaɪbɔːld/ 🔊 adjective(of a horse 马) with areas on it of two colours, usually black and white 花斑的；有黑白两色的  ➡  compare skewbald