pal·o·mi·no noun alsopal·a·mi·no\ˌpaləˈmē(ˌ)nō, -ēnə\ (-s) Etymology: American Spanish palomino, from Spanish, of or like a dove, from Latin palumbinus : a slender-legged short-coupled horse of a light tan or cream color with white markings on the face and legs and flaxen or white mane and tail from ancestry largely of Arabian stock