Pintado

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Painted —that is, spotted or pied.
  • noun. The pintado petrel.
  • noun. The common guinea-fowl, Numida meleagris. See cut under Numida.
  • noun. The West Indian mackerel, Scomberomorus regalis.
  • noun. Chintz: the name given to all printed goods in the East Indies, especially those of the finer quality, many of which seem to have been partly painted by hand.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Any bird of the genus Numida. Several species are found in Africa. The common pintado, or Guinea fowl, the helmeted, and the crested pintados, are the best known. See Guinea fowl, under guinea.
  • noun. A fish (Scomberomorus regalis) similar to, but larger than, the Spanish mackerel, and having elongated spots, common about Florida and the West Indies.
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  • noun. A bird, the Cape petrel.
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  • noun. large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters
  • Word Usage
    "The pintado is a southern bird, and of that temperate zone; for I never saw of them much to the northward of 30 degrees south."
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