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Bucephaluses

Bucephaluses is the plural of Bucephalus.

Meaning of Bucephalus

Noun

Bucephalus (plural Bucephaluses)

  1. (humorous) Any horse used for riding.
    • the Bucephalus which he bestrode1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London...
  2. (figuratively, obsolete) That which is the greatest of its kind.
    • It will suffice to say that when I started on my journey into the realms of lexicography, I regarded Kʻang Hsi as a Bucephalus on whose tail — 蠅附龭尾 — a foreign fly might safely get an advantageous lift.1892, Herbert A. Giles, A Chinese–English Dictionary, 1st edition

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Questions about Bucephaluses

What is Bucephaluses the plural of?
Bucephaluses is the plural of Bucephalus.

Words near Bucephaluses in the dictionary

  1. bucentaurs
  2. Bucephalas
  3. bucephalid
  4. bucephalids
  5. Bucephalus
  6. Bucephaluses
  7. Bucerdea Grânoasă
  8. bucerotid
  9. bucerotids
  10. bucetin
  11. Buceș

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