quadrireme

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kwod′rə rēm′)


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quad•ri•reme  (kwod′rə rēm′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Antiquity(in classical antiquity) a galley having four banks of oars.
  • Latin quadrirēmis, equivalent. to quadri- quadri- + -rēmis (derivative of rēmus oar)
  • 1590–1600


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