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xystons

xystons is the plural of xyston.

Meaning of xyston

Noun

xyston (plural xystons or xysta)

  1. A type of long thrusting lance, used in ancient Greece.
    • The Companions, like the Thessalian cavalry, were a well-mounted force armed with cuirass and the short thrusting spear (xyston) for close combat.2004, J. F. C. Fuller, The Generalship of Alexander the Great, page 47

Questions about xystons

What is xystons the plural of?
Xystons is the plural of xyston.

Words near xystons in the dictionary

  1. xysti
  2. xystodesmid
  3. xystodesmids
  4. xystoi
  5. xyston
  6. xystons
  7. xystos
  8. xysts
  9. xystum
  10. xystus
  11. XYY syndrome

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