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oroides

oroides is the plural of oroide.

Meaning of oroide

Noun

oroide (countable and uncountable, plural oroides)

  1. (dated) An alloy of copper and zinc or tin that has a gold color, used in making inexpensive jewelry.
    • James Williams testified before the coroner's jury, in the Lizey Thompson homicide, that the watch and other jewelry of the deceased were oroide, and not valuable.1873, James Williams, Fugitive Slave in the Gold Rush: Life and Adventures of James Williams, published 2002

Questions about oroides

What is oroides the plural of?
Oroides is the plural of oroide.

Words near oroides in the dictionary

  1. orohypopharyngeal
  2. orohypopharynges
  3. orohypopharynx
  4. orohypopharynxes
  5. oroide
  6. oroides
  7. oroidin
  8. oroidins
  9. Orok
  10. Orokaiva
  11. Oroki

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