banderilla

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banderilla - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Banderilla \Ban`de*ril"la\, n. [Sp., dim. of bandera banner. See
     Banner, and cf. Banderole.]
     A barbed dart carrying a banderole which the banderillero
     thrusts into the neck or shoulder of the bull in a bullfight.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

banderilla - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  banderilla
      n 1: a decorated dart that is implanted in the neck or shoulders
           of the bull during a bull fight