paloma

noun

pa·​lo·​ma

pəˈlōmə

plural -s

1

Southwest : any of several sharks used as food

2

often capitalized : a brownish orange to light brown that is redder and lighter than sorrel and redder than caramel

Word History

Etymology

probably American Spanish, from Spanish, dove, pigeon, from Latin palumba, palumbes; akin to Greek peleia dove, pigeon, Latin pallēre to be pale

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