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TAUROMACHY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tauromachy mean?
• TAUROMACHY (noun)
The noun TAUROMACHY has 1 sense:
1. the activity at a bullfight
Familiarity information: TAUROMACHY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The activity at a bullfight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
bullfighting; tauromachy
Hypernyms ("tauromachy" is a kind of...):
blood sport (sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting))
Meronyms (parts of "tauromachy"):
moment of truth (the moment in a bullfight when the matador kills the bull)
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