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ghilgai

ghilgai is the alternative form of gilgai.

Meaning of gilgai

Noun

gilgai (plural gilgais)

  1. (Australia) A small concavity or depression between ridges, where rainwater gathers.
    • Though it wasn′t a heavy storm it was enough to put water in gilgai holes and scatter the horses.1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked, Angus & Robertson, published 1995, page 160
    Synonyms:
    crab-hole, dead-men's grave, melon hole

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Forms of ghilgai

pluralghilgais

Questions about ghilgai

What is ghilgai the alternative form of?
Ghilgai is the alternative form of gilgai.

Words near ghilgai in the dictionary

  1. Ghidigeni
  2. Ghiduleni
  3. GHIH
  4. ghijak
  5. ghijaks
  6. ghilgai
  7. ghilgais
  8. Ghiliceni
  9. Ghilji
  10. Ghiljis
  11. ghillie

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