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Bucephalus

[byoo-sef-uh-luhs]

noun

  1. the horse used by Alexander the Great on most of his military campaigns.



Bucephalus

/ bjuːˈsɛfələs /

noun

  1. the favourite horse of Alexander the Great

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Bucephalus1

C17: from Latin, from Greek Boukephalos , from bous ox + kephalē head

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