Quinquereme

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

  Quinquereme \Quin"que*reme\, n. [L. quinqueremis; quinque five +
     remus an oar: cf. F. quinqu['e]r[`e]me]
     A galley having five benches or banks of oars; as, an
     Athenian quinquereme.
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