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Definition of Bireme

Bireme
Bireme Bi"reme, n. [L. biremis; bis twice + remus oar: cf. F. bir[`e]me.] An ancient galley or vessel with two banks or tiers of oars.

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- A bireme (/ˈbaɪriːm/, BY-reem) is an ancient oared warship (galley) with two superimposed rows of oars on each side. Biremes were long vessels built for...
- The Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information or BIREME was founded in São Paulo in 1967 as the Biblioteca Regional de Medicina...
- A bireme is an ancient galley warship with two decks of oars. Bireme may also refer to: Bireme (horse), British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare best...
- Bireme Diouf Diouf in 2018 Personal information Full name Bireme Diouf Date of birth (1984-07-02) July 2, 1984 (age 40) Place of birth Tiébissou, Ivory...
- Bireme (2 May 1977 – 10 January 2002) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare best known for winning the classic Epsom Oaks in 1980. After winning...
- ship powered by oarsmen, sometimes stacked in multiple levels such as biremes or triremes, and many of which also had sails. Initial efforts of the Romans...
- list of types of watercraft which have seen naval use. Barque Barquentine Bireme Boat Bomb vessel Brig Brigantine Caravel Clipper Cog Corvette Cutter Dromon...
- the suffix -reme from rēmus, "oar". A monoreme has one bank of oars, a bireme two, and a trireme three. A human-powered oared vessel is not practically...
- outrigger, these extended directly from the hull. In the later two-banked ('bireme') dromons of the 9th and 10th centuries, the two oar banks (elasiai) were...
- lusoria Obelisk ship Outriggers Single-outrigger Catamaran Trimaran Polyremes Bireme Oared warships Trireme Quadrireme Quinquereme Hexareme Tessarakonteres Raft...