[cri.o.llo] n, pl -llos [Sp--more at creole] (1604) 1 a: a person of pure Spanish descent born in Spanish America b: a person born and usu. raised in a Spanish-American country
2: a domestic animal of a breed or strain developed in Latin America; esp, often cap: a hardy muscular pony of a breed orig. developed in Argentina -- criollo adj