bestra

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Galician[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese baesta (crossbow), from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra).

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Noun[edit]

bestra f (plural bestras)

  1. ham (back of the thigh)

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References[edit]

  • bestra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.