bucephalus

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noun (1)

bu·​ceph·​a·​lus

byüˈsefələs

plural bucephaluses

-ləsə̇z

or bucephali

-ˌlī

archaic

: a riding horse especially if spirited and mettlesome

—often used ironically

Bucephalus

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noun (2)

"

: a genus of small digenetic trematodes having the mouth near the center of the ventral surface and the intestine saclike and not bifurcated and comprising intestinal parasites of carnivorous fishes

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

after Bucephalus, horse of Alexander the Great †323 b.c. king of Macedonia, from Latin, from Greek Boukephalos

Noun (2)

New Latin, from Greek boukephalos bullheaded

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