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bipennes

bipennes is the plural of bipennis.

Meaning of bipennis

Noun

bipennis (plural bipennes)

  1. (archaic) An axe with an edge or blade on each side of the handle.
    • Bipennis... A twibill, axe, or twall, sharpe on both sides, wherewith carpenters make mortaises: it was in old time a weapon1937, Starnes, D. T., “Bilingual Dictionaries of Shakespeare’s Day”, in PMLA, volume 52, number 4, page 1009
    Synonyms:
    twibill

Questions about bipennes

What is bipennes the plural of?
Bipennes is the plural of bipennis.

Words near bipennes in the dictionary

  1. bipedism
  2. bipeds
  3. bipeltate
  4. bipennate
  5. bipennated
  6. bipennes
  7. bipenniform
  8. bipennis
  9. bipentacene
  10. bipentacenes
  11. bipenton

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