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message sticks

message sticks is the plural of message stick.

Meaning of message stick

Noun

message stick (plural message sticks)

  1. (Australia) A piece of wood, etched with angular lines and dots, traditionally used by Australian aborigines to communicate messages between different clans and language groups.
    • The use of message-sticks is not universal in Australian tribes, and the degree of perfection reached in conveying information by them differs much.1889, A. W. Howitt, Australian Message-sticks and Messengers, British Association for the Advancement of Science, Report of the Annual Meeting, Volume 58, page 842

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What is message sticks the plural of?
Message sticks is the plural of message stick.

Words near message sticks in the dictionary

  1. message pump
  2. message pumps
  3. message queue
  4. message queues
  5. message stick
  6. message sticks
  7. message unit
  8. message units
  9. message-driven architecture
  10. message-driven architectures
  11. message-driven bean

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