Appaloosa - What does it mean?
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has no English definition.
(Southern US) A catfish.
* 2005 , David Francis, The Great Inland Sea , page 141:
* 2008 , Harry Noble, Me and Burnice: A Simpler Time , page 167:
is likely misspelled.
has no English definition.
As a noun appaloosa
is a breed of horse having a spotted rump.appaloosa
English
Etymology 1
From the phrase "a Palouse horse", referring to the Palouse River near which they were first encountered by non-Native Americans.2002 , Dave Conklin, Montana History Weekends: 52 Adventures in History , page 63: "White settlers first described the colorful native mounts as "a Palouse horse," which was soon slurred to "Appalousey." The river is named for the or the people's name derives from a (etyl) designation of the region as pelouse is unclear.Alternative forms
* AppaloosaEtymology 2
Shortening of "Appaloosa cat" (itself a shortening of "Apaloosa catfish"), after the Appaloosa (Opelousa) tribe which resided in Louisiana. The tribe's name is (etyl), the second element of it beingAlternative forms
* AppaloosaNoun
(en noun)- A big fish wends its way towards the shape the light makes, stops and sucks at air. Mottled brown and black, with a pink, appaloosa mouth.
- On a two-day camp out at Red Bluff on the Angelina River in East Texas, we had out twelve trotlines, fishing for mud, appaloosa , blue and channel catfish.