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adj
Pertaining to the ancient African civilization south of Egypt with the capital city Meroë.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Alternative form of Meroitic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
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adj
Pertaining to nephridia that are formed by longitudinal or traverse fragmentation of a single original pair of embryonic rudiments in each segment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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History
From Meroe + -ic.
From mero- + -ic.
