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QUINQUEREME
Etymology
Noun
quinquereme (plural quinqueremes)
(history) An ancient Carthaginian or Greek galley having three banks of oars, rowed by five oarsmen: two to an oar in each of the upper rows, and one to the lower oar.
Synonyms
• (galley): pentere
• pentereme
Source: Wiktionary
Quin"que*reme, n. Etym: [L. quinqueremis; quinque five + remus an oar: cf. F. quinquérème]
Definition: A galley having five benches or banks of oars; as, an Athenian quinquereme.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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