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death caps

death caps is the plural of death cap.

Meaning of death cap

Noun (1)

death cap (plural death caps)

  1. The deadly poisonous mushroom Amanita phalloides.
    • Erin Patterson has told a court that the majority of the mushrooms in a beef wellington dish served in her Leongatha home came from a local supermarket, but says she also accepts the dish contained death caps.2025 June 3, Nino Bucci, “Erin Patterson accepts beef wellington served at fatal lunch contained death cap mushrooms, triple murder trial hears”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    death cup

Noun (2)

death cap (plural death caps)

  1. (slang) A potentially dangerous capacitor on the primary side of the power transformer in a guitar amp.

Questions about death caps

What is death caps the plural of?
Death caps is the plural of death cap.

Words near death caps in the dictionary

  1. death camp
  2. death camps
  3. death candle
  4. death candles
  5. death cap
  6. death caps
  7. death card
  8. death cards
  9. death cell
  10. death certificate
  11. death certificates

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