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rotans

rotans is the plural of rotan.

Meaning of rotan

Noun (1)

rotan (plural rotans)

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore) A long rattan cane used for corporal punishment.
    • Two boys, aged 14 and 11, were each sentenced to three strokes of the light rotan at Kluang for stealing duck eggs from Loh Wee Seng.1949 November 5, The Straits Times, page 5 [newspaper]

Noun (2)

rotan (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, uncommon) Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii)
    • A single individual requires as much as 30 kg of other fish (including its own species) to gain 1 kg of weight. The resilience of the rotan, which requires 20 times less oxygen than other species, is best illustrated by its ability to revive a day after being left in open air. In one such instance...1998, Dianne Louise Draper, Our Environment: A Canadian Perspective, 1st edition, Toronto: ITP Nelson, →ISBN, page 5b

Questions about rotans

What is rotans the plural of?
Rotans is the plural of rotan.

Words near rotans in the dictionary

  1. rotameters
  2. rotan
  3. rotane
  4. rotanes
  5. Rotanev
  6. rotans
  7. rotaplane
  8. rotaplanes
  9. rotaprint
  10. rotaprints
  11. Rotarian

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