Definition: pintado

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

pintado
     n : large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal
         Atlantic waters [syn: cero, kingfish, Scomberomorus
         regalis]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pintado \Pin*ta"do\, n.
   A fish (Scomberomorus regalis) similar to, but larger than,
   the Spanish mackerel, and having elongated spots, common
   about Florida and the West Indies.
Pintado \Pin*ta"do\, n.; pl. Pintados. [Sp., painted, fr.
   pintar to paint.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Any bird of the genus Numida. Several species are found in
   Africa. The common pintado, or Guinea fowl, the helmeted, and
   the crested pintados, are the best known. See Guinea fowl,
   under Guinea.