Banderilla

//ˌbæn.dəˈɹiː.jə// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A decorated barbed stick used in bullfighting to stick into the bulls' shoulders.
  2. 2
    a decorated dart that is implanted in the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight wordnet

Etymology

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

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