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crotals

crotals is the plural of crotal.

Meaning of crotal

Noun

crotal (plural crotals)

  1. A crotalum, a type of clapper used in Ancient Greece.
  2. A small round bell or rattle; a jingle bell.
    • The earliest type animal bell used was the crotal or sleigh bell. Rather than a round ball as we know it today, it was a birdcage style with pebble rolling around inside.1970, Dorothy Malone Anthony, The World of Bells, page 14

Questions about crotals

What is crotals the plural of?
Crotals is the plural of crotal.

Words near crotals in the dictionary

  1. crotalines
  2. crotalism
  3. crotaloid
  4. crotaloids
  5. crotalphine
  6. crotals
  7. crotalum
  8. crotalums
  9. crotamine
  10. crotamines
  11. crotamiton

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