pintado noun. [pɪn'tɑ:dǝʊ] Pl. -o(e)s. E17.
[Portuguese, Spanish = guinea-fowl, use as noun of pa. pple of pintar to paint, from Proto-Romance var. of Latin pictus pa. pple of pingere to paint. Cf. PINTO.]
1. A painted or printed cotton cloth imported from the East Indies. E17-E18.

2. More fully pintado bird, pintado petrel. A black and white petrel, Daption capense, of southern oceans. Also called Cape pigeon. E17.

3. A guinea-fowl. M17.

4. Any of several spotted fishes of S. American waters, esp. the cero. L19.

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