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medjed

medjed noun: a species of elephantfish formerly worshipped at Oxyrhynchus.

medjed: a species of elephantfish formerly worshipped at Oxyrhynchus
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Noun

medjed (plural medjeds)

  1. A species of elephantfish formerly worshipped at Oxyrhynchus.

Proper noun capitalized: Medjed

Medjed

  1. (Egyptian) A minor god mentioned in the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead.

Forms of medjed

pluralmedjeds

Origin of medjed

Borrowed from Egyptian mḏd (“Medjed”, literally “the true-striking”).

Questions about medjed

What does medjed mean?
Medjed means a species of elephantfish formerly worshipped at Oxyrhynchus.
What part of speech is medjed?
Medjed can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of medjed?
The plural of medjed is medjeds.

Words near medjed in the dictionary

  1. mediævalist
  2. mediævalistic
  3. mediævalists
  4. mediævally
  5. mediëval
  6. medjed
  7. medjeds
  8. Medjerda River
  9. Medjez el Bab
  10. medjidie
  11. medjidieh

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