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banderilla

ban·de·rilla

US/ˌbæn.dəˈɹiː.jə/ uncommon

noun

1.

a decorated dart that is implanted in the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish banderilla, from bandera (“banner”) + -illa (“diminutive suffix”).

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