"marograph" meaning in English

See marograph in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: marographs [plural]
Etymology: From Latin mare (“sea”) + -graph. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|mare||sea}} Latin mare (“sea”), {{suffix|en||graph}} + -graph Head templates: {{en-noun}} marograph (plural marographs)
  1. An instrument for measuring the tides.

Inflected forms

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