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euripes

euripes is the plural of euripe.

Meaning of euripe

Noun

euripe (plural euripes)

  1. (obsolete) A strait or channel of the sea.
    • I will first see whether that relation of the friar of Oxford be true, concerning those northern parts under the Pole[…]whether there be such four euripes, and a great rock of loadstones, which may cause the needle in the compass still to bend that way […].1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section...

Questions about euripes

What is euripes the plural of?
Euripes is the plural of euripe.

Words near euripes in the dictionary

  1. Eurimbla
  2. Eurinal
  3. Eurinals
  4. Eurindic
  5. euripe
  6. euripes
  7. euripi
  8. Euripidean
  9. Euripides
  10. Euripos
  11. euripus

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