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amphidromical

amphidromical adjective: pertaining to the Amphidromia.

Adjective

amphidromical (comparative more amphidromical, superlative most amphidromical)

  1. Pertaining to the Amphidromia.
    • 1658: If any shall doubt why at the Amphidromicall Feasts, on the fifth day after the Childe was born presents were sent from friends, of Polipusses, and Cuttle-fishes? — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 213)

Forms of amphidromical

comparativemore amphidromical
superlativemost amphidromical

Origin of amphidromical

From Amphidromia + -ical.

Questions about amphidromical

What does amphidromical mean?
Amphidromical means pertaining to the Amphidromia.
What part of speech is amphidromical?
Amphidromical is an adjective.

Words near amphidromical in the dictionary

  1. amphidontids
  2. amphidromia
  3. amphidromic
  4. amphidromic point
  5. amphidromic points
  6. amphidromical
  7. amphidromine
  8. amphidromous
  9. amphidromy
  10. amphids
  11. amphidynamic

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