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banderilla definition

ban·de·rilla (bän′de rēl′yä)

noun

any of several barbed darts with little streamers attached to them, that the banderillero sticks into the neck and shoulders of the bull

Etymology: Sp, dim. of bandera, akin to Fr bannière < VL *bandaria: see banner

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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