The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word EQUINOX
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More clues leading to the result EQUINOX
- Topping sequin socks from America for a special date
- Time of year when zebra almost mounts zebu?
- March features one short horse with bullock following?
- One animal clipped before another on farm - it occurs twice a year
- Biannual event is mostly horse and bull
- French who rejected working within old twelve-hour day
- Horse’s tail pulled by bull in spring and autumn?
- Horse briefly ahead of bovine for a day in September, say?
- Biannual occurrence in which bovine follows side of slope that’s one in five
- Who in France tucks into wild oxen as a regular event?
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What does EQUINOX mean?
EQUINOX noun- The intersection of the apparent path of the sun in the sky (the ecliptic) with the celestial equator.
- One of the two days on which this intersection occurs each year: (for the Northern hemisphere) March 20 or 21 in the spring and September 22 or 23 in the autumn.