cayuse
(US) A small Indian horse or pony.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(US) A small Indian horse or pony.
Origin: Named after the Cayuse tribe of the Pacific Northwest. However, the etymology of this tribe name is unknown; it may be an exonym, and may in fact come from Spanish caballo, which is the source of the word for horse in many Native American languages of western North America. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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