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Definition of: pinto
(pin′tō) adjective SW U.S.
Piebald; pied, as an animal.
—noun plural ·tos
1. A pied animal: said especially of a horse, or Western pony.
2. A kind of spotted bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) of the southwestern United States: also pinto bean. [<Am. Sp. <Sp., lit., painted, ult. <L pingere paint]
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