: a small cloth attached to a short tapered stick and used by a matador in place of the large cape during the final stage of a bullfight
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Would a toreador be insulted when the bull responds to the muleta?
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Leah Garchik, SFChronicle.com, 19 June 2019
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Leah Garchik, SFChronicle.com, 19 June 2019
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“Muleta.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muleta. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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