caballito
noun
ca·ba·lli·to
ˌkabəˈyē(ˌ)tō
plural -s
: a small fishing boat made of reeds and used off the coast of Peru
Word History
Etymology
American Spanish short for caballito del mar, literally, little sea horse, from caballito (diminutive of caballo horse) + del mar of the sea
First Known Use
1840, in the meaning defined above
- French West Indies
- French willow
- French window
- french yellow
- french-canadian
- French-headed
- french-kiss
- French-kiss
- French-kissed
- French-kisses
- French-kissing
- frenched
- frencher
- Frencher
- frenches
- frenchest
- frenchie
- Frenchier
- frenchier
- frenchies
- frenchiest
- Frenchiest
- frenchification
- frenchifications
- frenchified