roan

adjective
🔊/rəʊn/
🔊/rəʊn/
[only before noun]
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  1. (of an animal, especially a horse动物,尤指马) having hair of two different colours mixed together毛色斑杂的动物(尤指马)
    • a roan mare杂色母马。
    Topics Animalsc2

roan

noun
🔊/rəʊn/
🔊/rəʊn/
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  1. an animal, especially a horse, that has hair of two colours mixed together毛色斑杂的动物(尤指马)
    • a strawberry roan (= with a mixture of brown and grey hair that looks pink)一匹红毛杂色马
    Topics Animalsc2
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Old French, of unknown origin.