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pentapods

pentapods is the plural of pentapod.

Meaning of pentapod

Noun

pentapod (plural pentapods)

  1. An organism or machine with five legs.
    • I loved you. I was a pentapod monster, but I loved you. I was despicable and brutal, and turpid, and everything, mais je t'aimais, je t'aimais!1956 December 12, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, published August 1958, →OCLC, part 2, page 286

Questions about pentapods

What is pentapods the plural of?
Pentapods is the plural of pentapod.

Words near pentapods in the dictionary

  1. pentaploid
  2. pentaploids
  3. pentaploidy
  4. pentapod
  5. pentapodies
  6. pentapods
  7. pentapody
  8. pentapoleis
  9. pentapolis
  10. pentapolises
  11. pentapolitan

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