The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pintado \Pin*ta"do\, n.; pl. Pintados. [Sp., painted, fr. pintar to paint.]
(Zo["o]l.) 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.
A fish ( Scomberomorus regalis) similar to, but larger than, the Spanish mackerel, and having elongated spots, common about Florida and the West Indies.
Wikipedia
Pintados (lit. The Painted Ones) is a Philippine television series produced by GMA Network and directed by Mark Reyes. This action-adventure series is about five ordinary teenagers chosen and trained to become superheroes that will save and protect the human from the rage of evil forces. This series is considered to be the very first and earliest fantasy series on Philippine television. It aired from September 4, 1999 to September 2, 2000.
Pintados was the term used by Spanish colonists to describe indigenous people with tattooed bodies residing on the islands of Cebu, Bohol, Samar and Leyte in the Biçayas ( Visayas) region of the Philippines. The word itself means "painted," and was first used during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines. The men are known for their tattoo art, which often covers most of their bodies. They apply the tattoos by pricking the skin with sharp pieces of iron and then applying black powder to the open wounds which is absorbed into the skin permanently. The inhabitants of the province of Camarines, located at the eastern end of the islands, resemble the Pintados.
Writing in 1565, in describing the natives, Rodriguez says: "... these Indians wear gold earrings, and the chiefs wear two clasps about the feet. All the body, legs, and arms are painted; and he who is bravest is painted most."
Usage examples of "pintados".
I observed that as long as the wind held southwest or west-southwest great numbers of birds accompanied us, -- pintados, albatross, and blue petrels, -- but that when the wind chopped around to the north, even for an hour or two, the birds left us at once.
On the heights of Pintados, she discovered and confirmed with aerial photographs a series of other stylised figures over a distance of three miles.
The islands were discovered in 1506 by Tristan da Cunha, and the seas in their vicinity are frequented by whales, albatrosses, pintados, boobies, and the sprightly penguin, whose manner of swimming or as it were flying under water irresistibly brings Virgil's remigium alarum to mind.