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στίφος — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • battalion noun A large army unit, typically made up of several companies and usually forming part of a brigade or regiment.
  • swarm noun A large group of insects, especially bees, moving or migrating together.

Senses

στίφος is used for these senses in English:

  • swarm A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil.

battalion — full definition

  1. noun A large army unit, typically made up of several companies and usually forming part of a brigade or regiment.
  2. noun Informally, a large organised group of people or things.

swarm — full definition

  1. noun A large group of insects, especially bees, moving or migrating together.
  2. noun A large moving crowd of people or animals.
  3. verb To move together in a large, dense group.
  4. verb To be filled or overrun with something, especially insects or people.
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