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An older horse. Originally referred to a horse with a "smooth mouth", generally eight years old or older, [3]: 97 but modern use varies. Term may refer to an animal seven years old or older, [4]: 7 [5]: 18 nine or older, [6] or ten or older. [7] In horse racing and in some horse show s, an aged horse is one over 4 years.
A palomino mare with a chestnut foal. This golden shade is widely recognized as palomino. Palomino is a genetic color in horses, consisting of a gold coat and white mane and tail; the degree of whiteness can vary from bright white to yellow.
Often called "white", they are not truly white horses, and they do not carry the white (W) gene. A cremello usually has blue eyes. Palomino. Buckskin: A bay horse with one copy of the cream gene, a dilution gene that "dilutes" or fades the coat color to a yellow, cream, or gold while keeping the black points (mane, tail, legs).
Cattle bred specifically for milk production are called milking or dairy cattle; [1] a cow kept to provide milk for one family may be called a family cow or a milker. A fresh cow is a dairy term for a cow (or a first-calf heifer in few regions) who has recently given birth, or "freshened." The adjective applying to cattle in general is usually ...
The dorsal stripe runs through the mane and tail of a dun horse, so the center of the mane and tail are darker. The outer edges may be significantly lighter, even close to white. These paler hairs are seen at the base of the tail and on the edges of the mane. The presence of guard hairs may also be called "frosting". [7]
The old skin breaks near the mouth and the snake wriggles out aided by rubbing against rough surfaces. In many cases the cast skin peels backward over the body from head to tail, in one piece like an old sock. A new, larger, and brighter layer of skin has formed underneath. [9] [18] An older snake may shed its skin only once or twice a year ...
The silver or silver dapple (Z) gene is a dilution gene that affects the black base coat color and is associated with Multiple Congenital Ocular Abnormalities. It will typically dilute a black mane and tail to a silvery gray or flaxen color, and a black body to a chocolaty brown, sometimes with dapples. [1]
The name comes from a Thoroughbred horse named Birdcatcher, who had similar flecks of white on his flank and tail. [6] Ticking or rabicano involves white flecks of hair at the flank, and white hairs at the base of the tail. The most minimal form can have only striped white frosting at the base of the tail, called a coon tail or skunk tail. [7]