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ceraunoscopes

ceraunoscopes is the plural of ceraunoscope.

Meaning of ceraunoscope

Noun

ceraunoscope (plural ceraunoscopes)

  1. (historical) An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient Greek mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning.
    • The machine with which these effects were produced on the stage was called a ceraunoscope.1827, Thomas Moore, The Epicurean, page 185

Questions about ceraunoscopes

What is ceraunoscopes the plural of?
Ceraunoscopes is the plural of ceraunoscope.

Words near ceraunoscopes in the dictionary

  1. ceraunophile
  2. ceraunophiles
  3. ceraunophone
  4. ceraunophones
  5. ceraunoscope
  6. ceraunoscopes
  7. ceraunoscopy
  8. Cerașu
  9. CERB
  10. Cerberean
  11. Cerberian

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