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pinto [3 records]

Record 1 2008-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vegetable Crop Production
DEF

Speckled flat beans, said to be more tender than other types.

CONT

Pinto varieties are grown in irrigated or dry areas ... The Pinto is a semitrailing type with white flowers. The seeds are medium to large, somewhat flattened, buff-colored, and speckled with tan to brown spots and splashes. The Pinto possesses a distinctive flavor not found in other dry beans.

OBS

They are the frijoles of Mexico.

OBS

Pinto; PNT: Term and abbreviation used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production légumière
OBS

Cultivé en Ontario, au Manitoba et en Alberta; graine rose pâle tachetée de brun; saveur riche et corsée; texture farineuse; s'utilise dans les mets mexicains, par exemple les haricots frits. Texte tiré de la source «Rubrique alimentation - services de restauration», Agriculture Canada.

OBS

Terme et abréviation en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Key term(s)
  • pinto

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

... a horse whose dual-colored coat pattern is comprised of white areas combined with another of the basic coat colors common to horses, making each Pinto unique.

CONT

There are two recognized Pinto color pattersn: Tobiano (Toe-bee-ah'-no) and Overo (O-vair'-o). The Tobiano patteern appears to be white with large sports of color, often overlapping on animals with a greater percentage of color than white. ... The Overo pattern appears to be a colored horse with jagged white markings usually originating on the animal's side or belly, spreading toward the neck, tail, legs, and back.

CONT

The words "Pinto" and "Paint" both refer to horses with a light and dark coat pattern, but actually the terms have different meanings beyond the coloration. Basically, Pinto horses can be of any breed, so long as they sport the colourful coat. Paint horses come from parents that are purebred, registered Quarter Horses or Thoroughbreds, and that sport the light and dark coat pattern.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

[...] cheval marqué de larges taches blanches quand sa robe est d'une autre couleur ou, à l'inverse, un cheval blanc marqué de taches de couleur : pie alezan, pie bai, pie noir, mais aussi pie aubère ou pie palomino [...]

CONT

Si elle est faite de grandes taches blanches et noires, le Pinto est «overo», si les taches sont blanches et d'une autre couleur que le noir, il est «tobiano».

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geographical Names
OBS

(...) along the International boundary [of plains and plateaus of the Canadian Western interior] (...) patches of tertiary conglomerates, sands and shales stand (...) above the plateau surface to form topographic prominences such as Pinto Butte, (...)

Key term(s)
  • Pinto

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géographiques
OBS

Près de la frontière internationale [des plaines et plateaux de l'intérieur occidental canadien] (...) des placages de conglomérats, de sables et de schistes tertiaires portent des bosses qui dominent le plateau régional (...) telle que la butte de Pinto, (...)

Spanish

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