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banderilla

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

banderilla(n = noun.artifact) - a decorated dart that is implanted in the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight;

banderilla, n. [Sp., dim. of bandera banner. See Banner, and cf. Banderole.].

A barbed dart carrying a banderole which the banderillero thrusts into the neck or shoulder of the bull in a bullfight. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

banderilla, n. a decorated dart thrust into a bull's neck or shoulders during a bullfight.

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