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rupes

rupes noun: an escarpment on another planet or a moon.

Noun

rupes

  1. An escarpment on another planet or a moon.

Proper noun capitalized: Rupes

Rupes

  1. (plural) plural of Rupe

Origin of rupes

Borrowed from Latin rūpēs (“cliff”).

Questions about rupes

What does rupes mean?
Rupes means an escarpment on another planet or a moon.
What part of speech is rupes?
Rupes can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near rupes in the dictionary

  1. Rupert's tear
  2. Rupert's tears
  3. Ruperto
  4. Rupertos
  5. Ruperts
  6. rupes
  7. rupestral
  8. rupestrian
  9. rupestrine
  10. Ruphylin
  11. rupi

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