bucephalus
1 of 2noun (1)
bu·ceph·a·lus
byüˈsefələs
plural bucephaluses
-ləsə̇z
or bucephali -ˌlī
archaic
: a riding horse especially if spirited and mettlesome —often used ironically
Bucephalus
2 of 2noun (2)
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: a genus of small digenetic trematodes having the mouth near the center of the ventral surface and the intestine saclike and not bifurcated and comprising intestinal parasites of carnivorous fishes
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
after Bucephalus, horse of Alexander the Great †323 b.c. king of Macedonia, from Latin, from Greek Boukephalos
Noun (2)
New Latin, from Greek boukephalos bullheaded