grullo

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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.

OriginSpanish grullo →
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Meanings

noungrullo (countable and uncountable, plural grullos)

plural grullos · alternative grulla

  1. countableuncountableA 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. countableuncountableA 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

Origin

  1. Spanishgrullo
  2. Englishgrullo

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

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APA

grullo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grullo

MLA

“grullo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grullo. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grullo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grullo.

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