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metopa

metopa is the alternative form of metope.

Meaning of metope

Noun

metope (plural metopes)

  1. The architectural element between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze.
    • There's a second plate of that metope that shows the full figures of both Perseus and Medusa and includes the winged horse Pegasus that was born of Medusa's blood.1996, Russell Hoban, Fremder, Bloomsbury, published 2003, page 117

Forms of metopa

pluralmetopas
pluralmetopae

Questions about metopa

What is metopa the alternative form of?
Metopa is the alternative form of metope.

Words near metopa in the dictionary

  1. metooed
  2. metooing
  3. metooism
  4. metooisms
  5. metoos
  6. metopa
  7. metopae
  8. metopas
  9. metope
  10. metopes
  11. metophyma

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Adapted from Wiktionary: metopa (page history and authors); metope (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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