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onbeia

onbeia noun: an elephant's tusk trumpet.

Noun

onbeia (plural onbeias)

  1. An elephant's tusk trumpet.
    • Four onbeia blowers walked in front, and, in turns, sounded the great elephant's tusk, while, headed by the dreaded sable standard and moving very slowly, came the Khalifa, stern, stately, statuesque, with drawn sword. Behind, followed the gaudily-attired mulazimin, or body-servants, riding, while...1897, William Le Queux, The Eye of Istar: A Romance of the Land of No Return, page 8

Forms of onbeia

pluralonbeias

Questions about onbeia

What does onbeia mean?
Onbeia means an elephant's tusk trumpet.
What part of speech is onbeia?
Onbeia is a noun.
What is the plural of onbeia?
The plural of onbeia is onbeias.

Words near onbeia in the dictionary

  1. onballer
  2. onballers
  3. onbeam
  4. onbeat
  5. onbeats
  6. onbeia
  7. onbeias
  8. onboard
  9. onboarded
  10. onboarding
  11. onboardings

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