quadrireme

[ kwod-ruh-reem ]

noun
  1. (in classical antiquity) a galley having four banks of oars.

Origin of quadrireme

1
1590–1600; <Latin quadrirēmis, equivalent to quadri-quadri- + -rēmis (derivative of rēmus oar)

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