moruchon.

Brit.

/məˈruːtʃəʊ/,

/mɒˈruːtʃəʊ/, U.S.

/məˈrutʃoʊ/,

/mɔˈrutʃoʊ/

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish morucho.

Etymology: < Spanish morucho (20th cent. or earlier in this sense; attested slightly earlier with the sense ‘young bull with its horns capped with wooden balls for amateurs to fight in the ring’ (1899 or earlier)) < Moro (see Moor n.²) + -ucho, pejorative diminutive suffix, so called from its blackish colour.

Bullfighting.

In Spain: the name given to a type of half-breed bull having mixed fighting and domestic blood.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [noun] > miscellaneous types of

black cattle1610

horned cattle1725

Suffolk1831

blue-grey1876

criollo1888

Simmental1906

Sahiwal1916

Belgian Blue1917

morucho1932

1932 E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon xii. 128 Half~bred bulls or bulls in which there is a little fighting blood, called moruchos in Spanish, are often very brave while calves.

1957 A. MacNab Bulls of Iberia i. 8 There do exist animals of mixed race, called moruchos, half fighting blood and half tame blood of the Salamanca area.

1959 V. J. Kehoe Aficionado! iv. 67/2 Another variety of Spanish toro is the half-breed morucho. This type, which extends from the Salamanca area down to the Guadarrama range section, does not have animals of the fine form, perseverance of charge and nobility as do the pure breeds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	morucho
释义	moruchon. Brit. /məˈruːtʃəʊ/, /mɒˈruːtʃəʊ/, U.S. /məˈrutʃoʊ/, /mɔˈrutʃoʊ/ Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish morucho. Etymology: < Spanish morucho (20th cent. or earlier in this sense; attested slightly earlier with the sense ‘young bull with its horns capped with wooden balls for amateurs to fight in the ring’ (1899 or earlier)) < Moro (see Moor n.²) + -ucho, pejorative diminutive suffix, so called from its blackish colour. Bullfighting. In Spain: the name given to a type of half-breed bull having mixed fighting and domestic blood. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [noun] > miscellaneous types of black cattle1610 horned cattle1725 Suffolk1831 blue-grey1876 criollo1888 Simmental1906 Sahiwal1916 Belgian Blue1917 morucho1932 1932 E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon xii. 128 Half~bred bulls or bulls in which there is a little fighting blood, called moruchos in Spanish, are often very brave while calves. 1957 A. MacNab Bulls of Iberia i. 8 There do exist animals of mixed race, called moruchos, half fighting blood and half tame blood of the Salamanca area. 1959 V. J. Kehoe Aficionado! iv. 67/2 Another variety of Spanish toro is the half-breed morucho. This type, which extends from the Salamanca area down to the Guadarrama range section, does not have animals of the fine form, perseverance of charge and nobility as do the pure breeds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1932
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