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re·mu·da  audio  (r-md) KEY  

NOUN:
Southwestern U.S.
A herd of horses from which ranch hands select their mounts.

ETYMOLOGY:
American Spanish, change of horses, remuda, from Spanish, exchange, from remudar, to exchange : re-, in return (from Latin; see re- ) + mudar, to change (from Latin mtre; see mei- 1 in Indo-European roots)


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