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thaumatropes

thaumatropes is the plural of thaumatrope.

Meaning of thaumatrope

Noun

thaumatrope (plural thaumatropes)

  1. An optical toy made of a card with an image on each side; when twirled, the images appear to combine.
  2. A zoetrope.

Questions about thaumatropes

What is thaumatropes the plural of?
Thaumatropes is the plural of thaumatrope.

Words near thaumatropes in the dictionary

  1. thaumatology
  2. thaumatophobia
  3. thaumatopsyllioid
  4. thaumatopsyllioids
  5. thaumatrope
  6. thaumatropes
  7. thaumatropic
  8. thaumaturge
  9. thaumaturges
  10. thaumaturgi
  11. thaumaturgia

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