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meri

meri is the plural of merus.

Meaning of merus

Noun

merus (plural meri)

  1. (obsolete, rare) The thigh.
  2. The meropodite; the first segment of the raptorial appendage of a crustacean.
  3. The plane surface between the channels of a triglyph.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Meri

Meri

  1. A language of Cameroon.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Meri

Meri

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Merida.

Phrases with meri

Questions about meri

What does meri mean?
Meri means a language of Cameroon.
What is meri the plural of?
Meri is the plural of merus.
What part of speech is meri?
Meri is a proper noun.

Words near meri in the dictionary

  1. merguys
  2. merhorse
  3. merhorses
  4. merhusband
  5. merhusbands
  6. meri
  7. Meriah
  8. Meriahs
  9. Meriam
  10. Meriams
  11. meribendan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: meri (page history and authors); Meri (page history and authors); merus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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