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▪ I. toro
(ˈtɔːrəʊ, ‖ ˈtoro)
[Sp.]
A bull used in bullfighting. Also, a child's bullfighting game.
1660in T. Mathews Collection of Lett. 172 But, in a word, me-thinks, that not onely in their sports of Cannas and Toros, but even in some more solemn and serious things than those, they are not free from having still somewhat of the Moor. 1846R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xxi. 291 The young urchins in the streets play at ‘toro’, as ours do at leap-frog. 1932R. Campbell Taurine Provence 66 Novillos (bulls that are full grown but lack the ultimate footsureness of the toros). 1958L. van der Post Lost World Kalahari i. 29 The rhinoceros, angry like a pricked toro with the rosette of blood that comes to it in adolescence vivid on the flank. 1967McCormick & Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado i. 4 He might be compared to the actor but for the fact that he writes his own script, in collaboration with the toro.
▪ II. toro, n.2
Brit. |ˈtɒrəʊ|, |ˈtɔːrəʊ|, U.S. |ˈtɔroʊ|
[‹ Japanese toro (1930 or earlier), probably short for torori to (also torot-to) (adverbial phrase) (of food) melting in the mouth (1603 as Tororito in Vocabulario da Lingoa de Iapam, glossed ‘way of melting’).]
In Japanese cookery: the pale pink tuna meat taken from the belly of the fish near the pectoral fin, rich in fat and used esp. to make sushi or sashimi.
1971Fodor's Japan & E. Asia 177/1 Try the toro (fat tuna fish) sushi if you want all your prejudices against raw fish swept away. 1973N.Y. Times 7 Oct. 24/1 The broker probes the gutted belly of the grayish-black fish to judge the quality of the toro, the fatty meat around the rib cage. 1985Gourmet Oct. 104/1 On an undulating green plate streaked with gray he arranged sushi of marbled pink toro (tuna belly) with a wonderful buttery quality. 2001K. Kawasumi Encycl. of Sushi Rolls (2004) 64/1 Toro that is free of tough fibers is best enjoyed as sashimi; fibrous toro can be scraped and used in hosomaki and temaki. |