overo

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noun

A pinto horse with white-over-dark body markings.

OriginSpanish overo →
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Meanings

nounovero (plural overos)

plural overos

  1. A pinto horse with white-over-dark body markings.

    The dark overo cropouts often have wide blazes on the face and do not have the bald or apron faces that are associated with the overo color pattern.

    1988, Glynn W. Haynes, The American Paint Horse, page 92

Origin

  1. Spanishovero“piebald”
  2. Englishovero

From Spanish overo (“piebald”).

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APA

overo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overo

MLA

“overo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overo.

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