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quadragintireme

quadragintireme noun: a vessel with 40 rows of oars.

Noun

quadragintireme (plural quadragintiremes)

  1. (historical) A vessel with 40 rows of oars.
    • As to the Quadragintiremes, or vessels usually described as having forty ranks or tiers of oars, we cannot reconcile the report to our understandings, except by supposing them nothing more than galleys fitted with as many oars in each rank.1799, The Naval Chronicle, volume 1, page 132

Forms of quadragintireme

pluralquadragintiremes

Questions about quadragintireme

What does quadragintireme mean?
Quadragintireme means a vessel with 40 rows of oars.
What part of speech is quadragintireme?
Quadragintireme is a noun.
What is the plural of quadragintireme?
The plural of quadragintireme is quadragintiremes.

Words near quadragintireme in the dictionary

  1. quadragesimal
  2. quadragesimalia
  3. quadragesimo-octavo
  4. quadragesimo-octavos
  5. quadragintillion
  6. quadragintireme
  7. quadragintiremes
  8. quadrain
  9. quadrains
  10. quadral
  11. quadralities

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