ro·de·o  (r ōd ē- ō′, r ō-d āō)
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n. pl. ro·de·os 1. A public competition or exhibition in which skills such as riding broncos or roping calves are displayed. 2. Archaic a. A cattle roundup. b. An enclosure for keeping cattle that have been rounded up.
[Spanish, corral, rodeo, from rodear, to surround, from rueda, wheel, from Latin rota; see ret- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]  (click for a larger image) rodeo |
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