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eu⋅ri⋅pus

  [yoo-rahy-puhs, yuh-]
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–noun, plural -pi  [-pahy] .
a strait, esp. one in which the flow of water is violent.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L eurīpus < Gk eúrīpos (applied esp. to the strait between Euboea and Boeotia, equiv. to eu- eu- + -rīpos rusher, akin to rhīp rush
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eu·ri·pus   (yŏŏ-rī'pəs)   
n.   pl. eu·ri·pi (-pī')
A sea channel characterized by turbulent and unpredictable currents.

[Latin eurīpus, from Greek eurīpos : eu-, eu- + rhīpē, rush (from rhīptein, to throw).]
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