Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Alexander the Great's war horse.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The cercarian larval stage of certain flukes, or Trematoda, named under the supposition that it was a distinct animal.
- noun In herpetology, a genus of African snakes, of the family Dendrophidæ, as the Bucephalus capensis.
- noun [lowercase] A snake of this genus: as, “the Cape bucephalus,” Sclater.
- noun [lowercase] A jocose name for a riding-horse, implying ‘a spirited or raging steed,’ in allusion to the spirited steed of Alexander the Great.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The celebrated war horse of Alexander the Great.
- noun Jocose Hence, any riding horse.
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Examples
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Great's, called Bucephalus, or Orlando Furioso's, the name of which was Brigliador, nor yet Bayard, the horse of Reinaldos of
Don Quixote 2002
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He rode a horse seventeen hands high, called Bucephalus, which invariably ran away with him, and more than once had nearly capsized Lord Wellington.
Reminiscences of Captain Gronow Gronow, Rees Howell, 1794-1865 1862
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Alexander rested a month on the banks of the Hydaspes, where he celebrated his victory by games and sacrifices, and founded two towns one of which he named Nicaea, and the other Bucephala, in honour of his gallant charger Bucephalus, which is said to have died there.
A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest William Smith 1853
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Alexander the Great had his "Bucephalus," that dashed away as if on wings as his daring master mounted him.
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To Helena had been allotted a fine bay, big and powerful as well as comely, by name Benito; to Herbert a black, chosen by him for its resemblance to his own "Bucephalus," "back home" where Portia was, and from a sentiment similar to Dolly's.
Dorothy on a Ranch Evelyn Raymond 1876
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And for the price of horses, ranging from 3 minas (= L12 circa) for a common horse, or 12 minas (say L50) for a good saddle or race-horse, up to the extravagant sum of 13 talents (say 3000 guineas) given for "Bucephalus," see Boeckh, "P.E. A."
The Cavalry General 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874
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"Don't call my Bucephalus a cart-horse, aunt," said Kenneth, beginning to eat languidly; "true, he is uncommonly big and strong, but then I am unusually big too, so we're well matched; and then his limbs are as delicately turned as those of a racer; and you should see him taking a five-barred gate, aunt!
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"Bucephalus," Polly said indignantly, "was the favorite horse of Alexander the Great.
The Cat Who Moved A Mountain Braun, Lilian Jackson 1992
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Robert Atanasovski/AFP/Getty Images Workers adjusted ropes on a bronze component of a statue of Alexander the Great and his horse, Bucephalus, on the main square in Skopje, Macedonia.
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The components of the 12.5-meter high bronze statue sitting astride his horse Bucephalus were placed Tuesday in the fenced area where the construction of the unfinished pedestal is still under way.
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