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middelmannetjies

middelmannetjies is the plural of middelmannetjie.

Meaning of middelmannetjie

Noun

middelmannetjie (plural middelmannetjies)

  1. (South Africa) A ridge between ruts made by wheels in a dirt or gravel road.
    • Spoor [of a hippopotamus] […] Well-worn paths, some 20 cm wide, lead up from rivers, the four-toed tracks running parallel, and clearly indicating a ‘middelmannetjie’.1996, Clive Walker, Signs of the Wild, 5th edition, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, →ISBN, page 141

Questions about middelmannetjies

What is middelmannetjies the plural of?
Middelmannetjies is the plural of middelmannetjie.

Words near middelmannetjies in the dictionary

  1. Middelburg
  2. Middelfart
  3. Middelfarter
  4. Middelfarters
  5. middelmannetjie
  6. middelmannetjies
  7. midden
  8. Midden-Delfland
  9. Midden-Drenthe
  10. Midden-Groningen
  11. midden-hill

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