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cribos

cribos is the plural of cribo.

Meaning of cribo

Noun

cribo (plural cribos)

  1. Any of various snakes in the genus Drymarchon.
    • It is a singular fact that this snake, so fatal to man, has no power against another West Indian snake, almost equally common, namely, the cribo.1871, Harper's Magazine, volume 43, page 844

Questions about cribos

What is cribos the plural of?
Cribos is the plural of cribo.

Words near cribos in the dictionary

  1. cribless
  2. criblike
  3. cribmate
  4. cribmates
  5. cribo
  6. cribos
  7. cribral
  8. cribrate
  9. cribrately
  10. cribration
  11. cribrations

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