Decaliter

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Decaliter \Dec"a*li`ter\, Decalitre \Dec"a*li`tre\, n. [F.
     d['e]calitre; Gr. de`ka ten + F. litre. See {Liter}.]
     A measure of capacity in the metric system; a cubic volume of
     ten liters, equal to about 610.24 cubic inches, that is,
     2.642 wine gallons.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  decaliter
       n : a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters [syn:
            {dekaliter}, {dekalitre}, {decalitre}, {dal}, {dkl}]