Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Painted —that is, spotted or pied.
- n. The pintado petrel.
- n. The common guinea-fowl, Numida meleagris. See cut under Numida.
- n. The West Indian mackerel, Scomberomorus regalis.
- n. 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.
Wiktionary
- n. A bird, the Cape petrel.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) 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.
- n. A fish (Scomberomorus regalis) similar to, but larger than, the Spanish mackerel, and having elongated spots, common about Florida and the West Indies.
WordNet 3.0
- n. large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters
Etymologies
- Spanish pintado ("painted"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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.”
“By Guía de compra: papel pintado | Decoración de Habitaciones on April 14, 2009 at 12: 27 am”
“For example, at La Jornada, I found a story in which Monsignor Monroy says that Clinton asked "quién había pintado el lienzo y cómo se había conservado" -- which, with a little help from Babelfish, I translate as "Who had painted this linen, and how had it been preserved so well?”
“El suelo de este ascensor está pintado para dar la impresión de que no hay suelo, y ciertamente lo consiguen.”
“El ascensor parece que no tiene suelo; bueno, en realidad está pintado, pero da el pego.”
“Son los despojos abiertos de la habitación del hombre, el mapa vertical de sus diferencias, la obscena muestra de lo que las paredes ocultan (duchas, papel pintado, manchas de grasa en la cabecera de un lecho).”
“We did some fishing there, and I caught a 73-pound peixe de couro, or pintado, a member of the catfish family pictured.”
“The pintado was especially delicious: You fry it in scorching oil, spice with capers and hot peppers, and add coconut milk.”
“Mas tratava-se da manhã do último dia de aulas antes da interrupção carnavalesca e alguns alunos mais ansiosos aguardavam que eu lhes entregasse as máscaras que haviam modelado e pintado com tanto gosto.”
“Para finalizar o dia, O Filho Pródigo, pintado em 1922 por Giorgio De Chirico, pintor da nostalgia dos espaços vazios.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pintado’.
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birds
birds with singular names from
at least 9 English dictionariesaasvogel, aberdevine, accentor, accipiter, aepyornis, agami, albatross, alcatras, alcid, alcidine, amadavat, amokura and 1056 more...
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The Aubrey/Maturin List I'm Gonna Mak...
I'm wading through Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels one by one, and someday, I'll wade through them again and list all the words I learned while reading them.
Edit: I started ma...studdingsail, carronade, mumchance, grumlin-futtocks, crosscat-harpings, holystone, sennit, orlop, orchitis, negus, kevel, altumal and 1112 more...
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1800 Woodcuts by Thomas Bewick and Hi...
Bizarre stuff found there. Note that archaic terms are occasionally not spelled the way we spell them today; in these cases I've tried to link to the modernized spelling (where known) on the word p...
musk-bull, urus, zebu, cameleopard, ratel, suricate, wombach, saragoy, murine, ternate, coach dog, comforter and 91 more...
Tweets
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chained_bear Also another name for Bewick's illustrated guinea fowl. Aug 26, 2008
reesetee I like the phrase "sprightly penguin." :-) Mar 4, 2008
chained_bear "'...the seas in their vicinity are frequented by whales, albatrosses, pintados, boobies, and the sprightly penguin...'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Thirteen Gun Salute, 135 Mar 4, 2008