"skytale" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: skytales [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκυτάλη (skutálē, “club, baton, cylinder used for encoding and decoding”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|σκυτάλη||club, baton, cylinder used for encoding and decoding}} Ancient Greek σκυτάλη (skutálē, “club, baton, cylinder used for encoding and decoding”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} skytale (plural skytales)
  1. Alternative form of scytale. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: scytale Related terms: Skytalism
    Sense id: en-skytale-en-noun-eU7CqSNa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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