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Meaning of matacán



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

matacán
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In Architecture it is a type of solid, cantilevered and covered box built on a wall, a tower or rampart, or a cantilever of continuous form over the crown of the same. Its purpose is to strengthen the defense against the enemy's attack. Poison made to kill or poison dogs. Brute, rude and ignorant person. Also in Botany it is one of the common names of a toxic plant, also known as Lechous Runner, Squamous, False Squade, Squamous, Dog Bean, Kidney Bean. Its scientific name is Cynanchum acutum of the family Apocynaceae. It's a vine.

  



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Felipe Lorenzo del Río

In addition to the hare that has overcome the pursuit of dogs, /poison killer, strychnine. / Very poisonous vomic nut from a Southeast Asian tree (Strichnos nux-vomica). / Large gravel stone manageable with one hand, cobblestone. / Rude, brutish and ignorant person. Cantilevered balcony with walls and floor loopholes at the top of walls, towers or medieval castles with a defensive character. It was possibly so named because the Christians called the Muslims who invaded the peninsula from the eighth century as dogs.

  

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Anónimo

MACHICOLATION: Hare already run by dogs.

  










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