Brindle

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  • noun. A brindled color.
  • noun. A brindled animal.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state of being brinded; a color or mixture of colors, of which gray is the base, with bands of a darker gray or black color: as, “a natural brindle,” Richardson, Clarissa Harlowe.
  • noun. A name of the mudfish or bowfin, Amia calva. See cut under Amiidæ.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The state of being brindled.
  • noun. A brindled color; also, that which is brindled.
  • adjective. Brindled.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A streaky colouration in animals.
  • noun. An animal so coloured.
  • adjective. Having such a colouration; brindled
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
  • Word Usage
    "NEW PORT RICHEY - Seven days after he was born, Thomas James Carter Jr. was mauled to death Wednesday by his parents 'dog, described as a brindle pit bull terrier by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office."
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    patterned  
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    Tindal  Tindall  Tyndall  bindle  dwindle  
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