The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ROAN
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What does ROAN mean?
ROAN noun- An animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
- The color of such an animal.
- A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
- Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in
- Made of the leather called roan.
- Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.
- Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries.