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incuba

UK/ˈɪnkjuːbə/

incuba noun: a female incubus.

Noun

incuba (plural incubae)

  1. (nonce-word) A female incubus.

Forms of incuba

pluralincubae

Origin of incuba

A respelling of incubus, substituting the (Latin second-declension nominative singular) masculine case ending -us with its (first-declension) feminine equivalent -a; compare succuba, succubus.

Questions about incuba

What does incuba mean?
Incuba means a female incubus.
What part of speech is incuba?
Incuba is a noun.
How do you pronounce incuba?
Incuba is pronounced /ˈɪnkjuːbə/ (UK).
What is the plural of incuba?
The plural of incuba is incubae.

Words near incuba in the dictionary

  1. incrustive
  2. incrustment
  3. incrustments
  4. incrusts
  5. incrystallizable
  6. incuba
  7. incubae
  8. incubate
  9. incubated
  10. incubatee
  11. incubatees

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