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danaide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
danaide
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A water wheel having a vertical axis and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one.

Etymology

From the mythical Danaides, who were condemned to fill a hole-filled vessel with water.

Inflected Forms

danaides (plural)

Questions

What does danaide mean?
A water wheel having a vertical axis and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one.
Where does danaide come from?
From the mythical Danaides, who were condemned to fill a hole-filled vessel with water.

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