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☆ ap·pa·loosa (ap′ə lo̵̅o̅′sə)

noun

any of a sturdy breed of Western saddle horses distinguished by black and white spotted markings on the rump and loins

Etymology: altered < a palouse: so named after the Palouse Indians or the Palouse River (in NW Idaho and SE Washington), near which the horses were raised; ult. < a Nez Percé word

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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