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  1. pilum: Merriam-Webster
  2. pilum: Collins English Dictionary
  3. pilum: Wordnik
  4. pilum: Wiktionary
  5. pilum: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. pilum: Dictionary.com
  7. Pilum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pilum)

▸ noun:  (historical) A Roman military javelin.
▸ noun:  (botany) The columella on the surface of a pollen grain.

Similar:
spiculum, plumbata, phalarica, pila, javelin, pike, fistuca, shaft, pugio, pile, more...

Types:
spear, javelin, harpoon, trident, lance, more...

Adjectives:
roman, stout, formidable, heavy, small, latin, massive, famous, ponderous, old, long

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Similar:
spiculum, plumbata, phalarica, pila, javelin, pike, fistuca, shaft, pugio, pile, more...

Types:
spear, javelin, harpoon, trident, lance, more...

Adjectives:
roman, stout, formidable, heavy, small, latin, massive, famous, ponderous, old, long



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