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CAPTAIN HICKS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Captain Hicks mean?
• CAPTAIN HICKS (noun)
The noun CAPTAIN HICKS has 1 sense:
1. the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
Familiarity information: CAPTAIN HICKS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
6; Captain Hicks; half a dozen; hexad; sestet; sextet; sextuplet; sise; six; sixer; VI
Hypernyms ("Captain Hicks" is a kind of...):
digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)
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