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puntilla

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pun⋅til⋅la

  [poon-tee-uh; Sp. poon-tee-lyah, -yah]
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–noun, plural -til⋅las  [-tee-uhz; Sp. -tee-lyahs, -yahs] .
(in bullfighting) a short dagger used for cutting the spinal cord of the bull.
Origin:
1830–40; < Sp, dim. of punta point
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