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marlas

marlas is the plural of marla.

Meaning of marla

Noun (1)

marla (uncountable)

  1. (Ireland) Plasticine; modelling clay.
    • Miss Carney handed us out blank paper and marla,
      old plasticine with the colours
      all rolled together into brown.1996, Thomas Kinsella, Model School, Inchicore: Collected Poems, 1956-1994, page 229

Noun (2)

marla (plural marlas)

  1. (Australia) A rufous hare-wallaby (Lagorchestes hirsutus), a small desert marsupial of Australia.

Noun (3)

marla (plural marlas)

  1. A unit of area used in the Indian subcontinent, of varying size, but roughly 250 square feet.

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Questions about marlas

What is marlas the plural of?
Marlas is the plural of marla.

Words near marlas in the dictionary

  1. marlacious
  2. Marland
  3. Marlands
  4. Marlar
  5. Marlars
  6. marlas
  7. Marlatt
  8. Marlatts
  9. Marlbed
  10. marlberries
  11. marlberry

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