"quadrireme" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: quadriremes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} quadrireme (plural quadriremes)
  1. (history) a galley with four banks of oars, each rowed by two oarsmen. Categories (topical): Four, History, Watercraft Related terms: unireme, monoreme, bireme, trireme, quinquereme, pentere, polyreme Translations (galley with four banks of oars): quadrirème [feminine] (French), quadriremo (Ido), quadrireme [feminine] (Italian), quadrirreme [feminine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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