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ovates

ovates is the plural of ovate.

Meaning of ovate

Noun (1)

ovate (plural ovates)

  1. An egg-shaped hand axe.
    • Slightly derived handaxes from the Mildenhall glaciofluvial sands, generally in fresh condition and dominated by ovates and cordates.2012, Paul Pettitt, Mark White, The British Palaeolithic, page 122

Noun (2)

ovate (plural ovates)

  1. An Irish bard.
  2. A member at a certain grade of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a neo-druidism order based in England.
  3. A modern-day bard of a gorsedd, especially one acknowledged at an eisteddfod.

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Questions about ovates

What is ovates the plural of?
Ovates is the plural of ovate.

Words near ovates in the dictionary

  1. ovastacin
  2. ovastacins
  3. ovate
  4. ovated
  5. ovately
  6. ovates
  7. ovation
  8. ovational
  9. ovationary
  10. ovationed
  11. ovationing

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