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Meaning of BUCEPHALUS

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Bu*ceph"a*lus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, lit., ox-headed;
? ox + ? head.]
1. The celebrated war horse of Alexander the Great.
2. Hence, any riding horse. [Jocose] --Sir W. Scott.
 

 

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