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PINTO [13 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Periodicals
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
OBS

Publication of the Canadian Pinto Horse Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de périodiques
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
OBS

Publication de la Canadian Pinto Horse Association.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A marine gastropod mollusc in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.

OBS

pinto abalone : trade name recommended by the "Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales" and by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Mollusque benthique marin que l'on rencontre fréquemment dans les eaux côtières peu profondes s'étalant de l'Alaska jusqu'à la basse Californie.

OBS

ormeau nordique : nom français commercial normalisé par l'OLF et le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vegetable Crop Production
  • Agricultural Economics
DEF

A medium sized bean, tan in color with a white hilum.

CONT

Canada... grows significant quantities of pinto, cranberry, black dark red kidney, light red kidney, great northern, dutch brown, pink and small red.

OBS

Dutch brown; DBR: term and abbreviation used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production légumière
  • Économie agricole
OBS

Variété de haricots.

OBS

Dutch brown; DBR : terme et abréviation en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

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Record 4 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 5 2008-05-27

English

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

A horse whose coat consists of large irregular and clearly defined patches of white and of any other colour except black.

CONT

A black and white pinto is a Piebald, and white with any other color(as in bay, chestnut, etc.) is a Skewbald.

CONT

Skewbald: brown shades, either bay or chestnut and white, with the white predominant and considered the ground colour.

French

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

(Cheval) à robe fauve et blanche.

OBS

Robe composée de plaques blanches et de plaques alezanes, grises, etc.

CONT

Pie, de grandes taches irrégulières sur un fond blanc forment les robes pie.

OBS

Le cheval pie peut avoir des taches noires (pie noir) aussi.

OBS

cheval pie; pie : généralement employés comme équivalents et synonymes de «pinto».

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-05-27

English

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

A horse whose coat consists of large irregular and clearly defined patches white and black hairs.

CONT

Piebald: black and white, with white generally predominant, and considered the ground colour.

CONT

A black and white pinto is a Piebald, and white with any other color(as in bay, chestnut, etc.) is a Skewbald.

French

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

Cheval à la robe blanche avec des plaques noires.

OBS

Cheval pie, noir et blanc, dont la couleur de fond (qui domine) est le blanc.

Spanish

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Record 7 2008-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vegetable Crop Production
DEF

A medium sized bean similar in size to the Pinto, but with a pink seed coat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production légumière
OBS

Cultivé au Manitoba et en Alberta; haricot rouge-rosâtre; saveur carnée et texture farineuse; s'utilise dans les mets mexicains; sa saveur s'harmonise bien avec celle du chili, de la tomate et de l'oignon. (Texte tiré de la source «Rubrique alimentation - services de restauration» (nov.-déc. 1984), Agriculture Canada).

Spanish

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Record 8 2003-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Husbandry
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)
  • Élevage des chevaux
CONT

Il ne faut pas confondre le pinto, simple cheval pie, et le paint, quarter horse pie, dont l'ancêtre était un cheval des Indiens d'Amérique.

CONT

Et oui! désormais il est important de distinguer le paint horse du cheval pie ou pinto. Le paint horse est reconnu comme race (genre de quarter horse version pie).

Spanish

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Record 9 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 10 2001-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prepared Dishes (Cooking)
DEF

A Mexican dish based on boiled fava or lima (butter) beans which have been left to cool, then fried.

OBS

Pinto beans are commonly used in refried beans.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plats cuisinés
CONT

[...] les Mexicains ont appris à préparer les haricots frits comme suit: on les fait cuire d'abord à l'eau et, quand ils sont tendres, on les écrase et on fait sauter [d'où le terme refry] au saindoux la pâte ainsi obtenue. [...] Ce plat, dont le nom espagnol est frijoles refritos, est très courant aussi bien dans la cuisine domestique que dans celle des restaurants mexicains.

Spanish

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Record 11 1998-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
Key term(s)
  • APHBAA

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
OBS

Renseignement confirmé par l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 12 1998-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
OBS

Information confirmed by the organization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
OBS

Information confirmée par l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 13 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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