"metathesaurus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: metathesauri [plural], metathesauruses [plural]
Etymology: From meta- + thesaurus. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|meta|thesaurus}} meta- + thesaurus Head templates: {{en-noun|metathesauri|+}} metathesaurus (plural metathesauri or metathesauruses)
  1. A multilanguage thesaurus, typically concerning a single specialist subject

Inflected forms

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