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| PRONUNCIATION: |   dz |
| PLURAL NOUN: | (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The 15th day of March, May, July, or October or the 13th day of the other months in the ancient Roman calendar. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Latin  d s.
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