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Bucephalus

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Bu·ceph·a·lus  (by-sf-ls)
n.
Alexander the Great's war horse.
Bucephalus [bjuːˈsɛfələs]
n
(Historical Terms) the favourite horse of Alexander the Great
[from Latin, from Greek Boukephalos, from bous ox + kephalē head]
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He next proceeded to inspect his hack, which, with more quartos than a real and more blemishes than the steed of Gonela, that "tantum pellis et ossa fuit," surpassed in his eyes the Bucephalus of Alexander or the Babieca of the Cid.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
For them stage-coaches will have become romances--a team of four bays as fabulous as Bucephalus or Black Bess.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
Intact, my dear friend; besides the harness of your Bucephalus and mine.
The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
 
 
 
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