Pintado \Pin*ta"do\, n.; pl. Pintados. [Sp., painted, fr.
pintar to paint.]
1. (Zool.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. A fish (Scomberomorus regalis) similar to, but larger
than, the Spanish mackerel, and having elongated spots,
common about Florida and the West Indies.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
pintado
noun1: large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters [syn: cero, pintado, kingfish, Scomberomorus regalis]
Define Pintado and 150,000 other terms at dictionary.net