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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Probably from Palouse, a Native American people of Washington and Idaho

appaloosa

 noun
     
Related topics: Animals
ap‧pa‧loo‧sa [countable]
American EnglishHBA a type of horse that is pale in colour, with dark spots
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