After the ship HMS Oropesa, on which it was developed.
Oropesa (plural Oropesas)
A streamlined towed body used in minesweeping to keep the towed sweep at a determined depth and position relative to the sweeping ship.
• aporose
Source: Wiktionary
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
