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vespilloes

vespilloes is the plural of vespillo.

Meaning of vespillo

Noun

vespillo (plural vespilloes)

  1. (Ancient-Rome) One who carried out the dead bodies of the poor at night for burial.
    • Like vespilloes or gravemakers.1642, [Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in Religio Medici, London: […] Andrew Crooke, →OCLC
  2. A wasp from the genus Vespillo in the family Vespidae.

Questions about vespilloes

What is vespilloes the plural of?
Vespilloes is the plural of vespillo.

Words near vespilloes in the dictionary

  1. vespid
  2. vespidous
  3. vespids
  4. vespiform
  5. vespillo
  6. vespilloes
  7. vespine
  8. vespines
  9. vespoid
  10. Vessabhū
  11. vessail

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