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exotics

exotics is the plural of exotic.

Meaning of exotic

Noun

exotic (plural exotica or exotics)

  1. An organism that is exotic to an environment; an introduced species.
    Antonyms:
    native
  2. A person not native to a particular area; a foreigner.
    • There were a few exotics among them — some South American boys, sons of Argentine beef barons, one or two Russians, and even a Siamese prince, or someone who was described as a prince.c. 1948, George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys
  3. An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.
  4. Any exotic particle.
    • Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics.

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Phrases with exotics

Questions about exotics

What is exotics the plural of?
Exotics is the plural of exotic.

Words near exotics in the dictionary

  1. exoticizes
  2. exoticizing
  3. exotick
  4. exoticks
  5. exoticness
  6. exotics
  7. exotification
  8. exotifications
  9. exotified
  10. exotifies
  11. exotify

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