mustang

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: mus=tang

CIDE DICTIONARY

mustang, n. [Sp. musteño belonging to the graziers, strayed, wild.].

 The half-wild horse of the plains in Mexico, California, etc. It is small, hardy, and easily sustained.  [1913 Webster]

Mustard grape (Bot.), a species of grape (Vitis candicans), native in Arkansas and Texas. The berries are small, light-colored, with an acid skin and a sweet pulp.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mustang, n. a small wild horse native to Mexico and California.

Idiom

mustang grape a grape from the wild vine Vitis candicans, of the southern US, used for making wine.

Etymology

Sp. mestengo f. mesta company of graziers, & Sp. mostrenco

DEVIL DICTIONARY

mustang

n. An indocile horse of the western plains. In English society, the American wife of an English nobleman.

ROGET THESAURUS

mustang

Carrier

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