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polo (pō′lō)

noun

  1. a game played on horseback by two teams of four players each, who attempt to drive a small wooden ball through the opponents' goal with a mallet having a long, flexible handle
  2. water polo

Etymology: ult. < Tibet dial., var. of pulu, properly, the name of the ball

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Polo definition

Polo (pō′lō)

Polo, Marco (mär′kō) 1254-1324; Venetian traveler in E Asia

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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