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eye-cup

eye-cup noun: a type of kylix (or specific cup in ancient Greek pottery) with apotropaic eyes painted on it.

eye-cup: a type of kylix (or specific cup in ancient Greek pottery) with apotropaic eyes painted on it
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Noun

eye-cup (plural eye-cups)

  1. A type of kylix (or specific cup in ancient Greek pottery) with apotropaic eyes painted on it.

Forms of eye-cup

pluraleye-cups

Questions about eye-cup

What does eye-cup mean?
Eye-cup means a type of kylix (or specific cup in ancient Greek pottery) with apotropaic eyes painted on it.
What part of speech is eye-cup?
Eye-cup is a noun.
What is the plural of eye-cup?
The plural of eye-cup is eye-cups.

Words near eye-cup in the dictionary

  1. eye-catcher
  2. eye-catchers
  3. eye-catching
  4. eye-catchingly
  5. eye-clean
  6. eye-cup
  7. eye-drop
  8. eye-drops
  9. eye-filling
  10. eye-fuck
  11. eye-fucked

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