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catadupes

catadupes is the plural of catadupe.

Meaning of catadupe

Noun

catadupe (plural catadupes)

  1. Waterfall; cataract.
    • Yet was not this all; for hither to the north boiled the majestic cataract in unimaginable grandiloquence, and thither to the south sparkled the gentle catadupe in serene and incandescent tranquillity, whilst far and near the halcyon brooklet flowed between!1938, Mark Twain (Bernard DeVoto, ed.), Letters from the Earth, page 110

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Questions about catadupes

What is catadupes the plural of?
Catadupes is the plural of catadupe.

Words near catadupes in the dictionary

  1. catadromes
  2. catadromous
  3. catadromy
  4. Catadupa
  5. catadupe
  6. catadupes
  7. catafalco
  8. catafalcoes
  9. catafalque
  10. catafalques
  11. catafront

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