Brindle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A brindled color.
  • n. A brindled animal.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A streaky colouration in animals.
  • n. An animal so coloured.
  • adj. Having such a colouration; brindled
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The state of being brindled.
  • n. A brindled color; also, that which is brindled.
  • adj. Brindled.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The state of being brinded; a color or mixture of colors, of which gray is the base, with bands of a darker gray or black color: as, “a natural brindle,” Richardson, Clarissa Harlowe.
  • n. A name of the mudfish or bowfin, Amia calva. See cut under Amiidæ.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
  • Equivalent
    patterned   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    brindled    tabby   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Tindal    Tindall    Tyndall    bindle    dwindle    grindle    kindle    rekindle    shindle    spindle   
    Same Context
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