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Tantalus cups

Tantalus cups is the plural of Tantalus cup.

Meaning of Tantalus cup

Noun

Tantalus cup (plural Tantalus cups)

  1. eponym - A scientific toy, having a siphon within the figure of a man whose chin is on a level with its bend.
    Synonyms:
    greedy cup, Pythagoras cup, Pythagorean cup

Questions about Tantalus cups

What is Tantalus cups the plural of?
Tantalus cups is the plural of Tantalus cup.

Words near Tantalus cups in the dictionary

  1. tantalous
  2. tantalum
  3. tantalums
  4. tantalus
  5. Tantalus cup
  6. Tantalus cups
  7. Tantalus sphinx
  8. Tantalus sphinxes
  9. tantaluses
  10. tantamount
  11. tantamounted

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