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quadragintiremes

quadragintiremes is the plural of quadragintireme.

Meaning of quadragintireme

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

Questions about quadragintiremes

What is quadragintiremes the plural of?
Quadragintiremes is the plural of quadragintireme.

Words near quadragintiremes in the dictionary

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

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