alter idem
[ ahl-ter -ee-dem; English awl-ter -ahy-dem, al- ]
/ ˈɑl tɛr ˈi dɛm; English ˈɔl tər ˈaɪ dɛm, ˈæl- /
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noun Latin.
another exactly the same.
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