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twi-headed

twi-headed adjective: having two heads; two-headed.

Adjective

twi-headed (not comparable)

  1. Having two heads; two-headed.
    • Compare the two twi-headed serpents which Loeg, in the Serglige Conculaind, sees on the plain of Mag Denna.1903, Henry Arbois de Jubainville, The Irish mythological cycle and Celtic mythology
    • They watched in silent anxious adoration as their twi-headed god was led forward and seated in the centre of the circular enclosure on a massive throne of carved dark wood.1967, M. K. Joseph, The hole in the zero

Origin of twi-headed

From twi- + headed.

Questions about twi-headed

What does twi-headed mean?
Twi-headed means having two heads; two-headed.
What part of speech is twi-headed?
Twi-headed is an adjective.

Words near twi-headed in the dictionary

  1. twi-colored
  2. twi-coloured
  3. twi-faced
  4. twi-gated
  5. twi-hard
  6. twi-headed
  7. twi-minded
  8. twi-mindedness
  9. Twi-Mom
  10. Twi-Moms
  11. twi-night

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