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Piebald

Piebald meaning

Spotted or blotched, especially in black and white. | Of mixed character, heterogeneous.

Example sentences (5)

There were horses out in the pastures, nearly impossible to get in focus with all the heat waves rising from the ground but with the lovely piebald background of the Porcupine Hills behind them, I shot anyway.

Both names refer to the male's striking white/black piebald coloration.

Piebald-patterned dachshunds will never have blue in their eyes, unless the dapple pattern is present.

The Dachshund Club of America (DCA) and the American Kennel Club (AKC) consider both the piebald pattern and the double dapple (double merle) pattern to be nonstandard.

The most common coats are black and white, then less common copper-red and white, grey and white, pure white, and the rare " agouti " coat, though many individuals have blondish or piebald spotting.