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Meaning of triple-barrelled | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Having three separate parts (surnames) linked by hyphens.

not-comparable

Equivalents

Suomi kolmiosainen

Examples

“Ant taxonomists have ⟳ decided that anything that's worth separating should be separated at the species level, and have ⟳ no truck with subspecies at all. Butterfly taxonomists, however, like ⟳ the triple-barrelled name ⟳ approach ⟳ and dote on subspecies. As a result ⟳, the numbers of ant species and butterfly species are not directly comparable.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

triple-blind triple-E triple-headed triple-masted triple-stranded triplefold

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