英语词汇appaloosa的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	appaloosa
词源	Appaloosa. This hardy breed of white horses with dark spots and white-rimmed eyes was developed by the Nez Percé Indi- ans and named by the Canadian-French voyageurs, who re- ferred to the Indian horses as à palouse, “from the grassy plains” (where the Indians lived). In time à palouse became Appaloosa in English, the word first recorded in 1849. The Appaloosa is sometimes called “the Dalmation of horses.”
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