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Meanings of caltrop in английском
Weapon with spikes.
испанский
abrojo A plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits.
португальский
estrepe Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America.
Tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed.
Usage of caltrop in английском
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Sooner or later, the worm forsakes this kind of caltrop which catches on to everything.
2
Running battles in combat-centric role-playing games can be as painful as stepping on a caltrop.
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One stepped on a caltrop hidden under the straw.
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But would a caltrop harm a reaver?
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It hissed in pain and raised its tail high, spraying a warning, as it pulled the caltrop from its foot.
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Cursing, he picked his way across the ground, trying to avoid the caltrops.
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Pits and spikes, caltrops scattered on the slopes, every breach mended.
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In vain he plunged about among the caltrops and man-traps.
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Deep pits were excavated in irregular rows, their bottoms decorated with spiked iron caltrops.
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Miller and Caltrop were two-thirds of the Denholm County Schoolboard.
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Geese and cranes, chicory, mildew, thistles, cleavers, caltrops, darnel and shade are farmer's enemies.
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One day outside the grocery store, I ran into that upstanding schoolboard member Jessica Caltrop.
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We've planted iron spikes under the water, y'see, and there's caltrops scattered among them rocks there.
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When we faced the audience again, everyone was up and cheering except for Miller and Caltrop.
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Or to snare stags with cords and caltrops?
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The space between the ditches was filled with pits, and scattered with iron caltrops or hooked spikes.