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For the musical group, see Piebald (band).


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A piebald horse


A piebald is an animal, especially a horse, that has a spotting pattern of large white and black patches. The colour of the horse's skin underneath its coat may vary between black (under the black patches of hair) and pink (under the white patches). The colouring is generally asymmetrical. Many animals also exhibit colouration of the irises of the eye that match the surrounding skin.

In the UK, it is typically considered a manifestation of the Tobiano gene, though in the United States the color scheme appears in both Overo and Tobiano individuals. The underlying genetic cause is a condition known as leucism.

Similar to the terms skewbald (chestnut or brown and white) and oddbald (bay and white), piebald is no longer in common use in the UK and all three spotted colours are more now usually referred to as Coloured. The term is still in common parlance in Ireland where piebald horses are popular amongst Irish Travellers. In the United States, the term for all large spotted colouring is pinto, with the specialized term "paint" referring specifically to a breed of horse with American Quarter Horse or Thoroughbred bloodlines in addition to being spotted, whereas pinto refers to a spotted horse of any breed. Americans usually describe the colour shade of a pinto literally: black and white, brown and white, or bay and white.

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A piebald (Leucistic) Common Grackle


Dogs, cats, pigs, dairy cattle and many other animal species may also be piebald. Snakes, especially Ball Pythons, may also exhibit seemingly varying patches of completely pigmentless scales along with patches of pigmented scales. The term was used in The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer when referring to kingfishers.

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Piebald was an American alternative rock band. Piebald started as a hardcore band in Andover, Massachusetts, out of the same scene that produced legends Converge. They later moved to the Boston suburb of Somerville and became a staple of the Greater Boston indie rock scene.
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H.O.R.S.E. is a form of poker commonly played at the high stakes tables of casinos. It consists of rounds of play cycling among:
  • Texas Hold 'em,
  • Omaha eight or better,
  • Razz,
  • Seven card Stud, and
  • Seven card stud E

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Tobiano is a spotted color pattern commonly seen in Pinto horses, produced by a dominant gene. The tobiano gene produces white-haired, pink-skinned patches on a base coat color. The coloration is present from birth and does not change throughout the horse's lifetime.
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Overo refers to a pinto coloration pattern of white over dark body markings in horses. There are at least three different genes which fall under the "overo" classification: frame overo, sabino, and splash overo.
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Tobiano is a spotted color pattern commonly seen in Pinto horses, produced by a dominant gene. The tobiano gene produces white-haired, pink-skinned patches on a base coat color. The coloration is present from birth and does not change throughout the horse's lifetime.
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Leucism is a condition characterized by reduced pigmentation in animals. Unlike albinism, it is caused by a reduction in all types of skin pigment, not just melanin.
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Skewbald horse has a coat made up of brown (or any color besides black) and white patches, on top of either pink or black skin. It is similar in appearance to the piebald and oddbald horses.
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An oddbald horse is a horse with large white, brown and black patches. The colour of the horse's skin underneath its coat may vary between black or pink. It is typically a manifestation of the Tobiano gene.
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Ireland
Éire
Airlann <nowiki />

Northwest of continental Europe with Great Britain to the east.

Geography <nowiki/>
Location Western Europe <nowiki />
Archipelago
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Irish Travellers (sometimes known as Tinkers and derogatively as Knackers (Ireland) or Pikeys (Britain) ) are a nomadic or itinerant people of Irish origin living in Ireland, Great Britain and the United States.
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Motto
"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
Anthem
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Pinto horse has a coat color that consists of large patches of white and another color. In Britain and Ireland, the terms "coloured," piebald and skewbald are often used to describe horses of this color pattern.
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American Paint Horse is a breed of horse that combines both the conformational characteristics of a western stock horse with a pinto spotting pattern of white and dark coat colors.
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American Quarter Horse is an American breed of horse that excels at sprinting short distances. Its name came from its ability to outdisance other breeds of horse in races of a quarter mile or less, where some individuals have been clocked at speeds up to 55 mph.
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Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known as a race horse. While carefully bred racehorses had existed throughout Europe for centuries prior to this time, the breed as it is known today developed during the 17th century in England when English mares began to be bred to imported
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C. l. familiaris

Trinomial name
Canis lupus familiaris
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is a domestic subspecies of the wolf, a mammal of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora.
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F. s. catus

Trinomial name
Felis silvestris catus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms
Felis lybica invalid junior synonym
Felis catus invalid junior synonym[2]

The cat (
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Sus
Linnaeus, 1758

Species

Sus barbatus
Sus bucculentus†
Sus cebifrons
Sus celebensis
Sus domestica
Sus falconeri†
Sus heureni

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Serpentes
Linnaeus, 1758

Infraorders and Families
  • Alethinophidia - Nopcsa, 1923
  • Acrochordidae- Bonaparte, 1831

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P. regius

Binomial name
Python regius
(Shaw, 1802)

Synonyms
  • Boa regia - Shaw, 1802
  • [Enygrus] regi[us].

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The Conservationist
Author Nadine Gordimer
Country South Africa
Language English
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher Jonathan Cape
Publication date 1974
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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Nadine Gordimer
Born: November 23 1923 (1923--) (age 85)
Springs, Gauteng, Johannesburg,
South Africa
Occupation: Playwright, Novelist
Nationality: South African
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Alcedines

Families

Alcedinidae
Halcyonidae
Cerylidae
Kingfishers are birds of the three families Alcedinidae (river kingfishers), Halcyonidae (tree kingfishers), and Cerylidae (water kingfishers). There are about 90 species of kingfisher.
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Horses exhibit a diverse array of coat colors and distinctive markings. A specialized vocabulary has evolved to describe them. Color is one of the first things that is noticed about a horse. Often, a horse is first described by its coat color rather than by breed or by sex.
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Equine coat color genetics determine a horse's coat color. All horses begin genetically with a base coat of "red" (chestnut) or "black."[1] Then, additional alleles or "modifiers" act upon the base colors to create all other equine coat colors.
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Leucism is a condition characterized by reduced pigmentation in animals. Unlike albinism, it is caused by a reduction in all types of skin pigment, not just melanin.
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Pinto. Portuguese or Spanish for Baby chick or Dick. Spanish for "motley".[1]

Pinto may refer to:

General

  • Conspiracy of the Pintos, The search of Justen Pinto had his communist acts in Canada.

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