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LITTRE
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• LITTRE (noun)
The noun LITTRE has 1 sense:
1. French lexicographer (1801-1881)
Familiarity information: LITTRE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
French lexicographer (1801-1881)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Littre; Maximilien Paul Emile Littre
Instance hypernyms:
lexicographer; lexicologist (a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language)
Context examples
Any of the glands that secrete mucus into the urethra including the Cowper, Skene, and Littre glands.
(Paraurethral Gland, NCI Thesaurus)
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