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clipei

clipei is the plural of clipeus.

Meaning of clipeus

Noun

clipeus (plural clipei)

  1. (historical) A shield worn by soldiers of ancient Greece and Rome.
  2. An ornamental disk of marble in this shape.
  3. Part of the exoskeleton of an insect between the carapace and mandibles.

Questions about clipei

What is clipei the plural of?
Clipei is the plural of clipeus.

Words near clipei in the dictionary

  1. clipcage
  2. clipcages
  3. clipcock
  4. clipcocks
  5. clipeated
  6. clipei
  7. clipeus
  8. clipfish
  9. clipjoint
  10. clipjoints
  11. clipless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clipei (page history and authors); clipeus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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