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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 bullfightplay

  Familiarity information: TAUROMACHY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TAUROMACHY (noun)


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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