tessaraconter

tessaraconter
\\ˌtesərəˈkäntə(r)\ noun (-s)
Etymology: Greek tessarakontērēs, from tessarakonta, tesserakonta forty, from tessara- + -konta (akin to Latin -ginti in viginti twenty) — more at vicenary
: a galley with forty banks of oars

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