breastwork on the top of a wall

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• παραφράγματα — παράφραγμα breastwork on the top of a wall neut nom/voc/acc pl …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

• παράφραγμα — breastwork on the top of a wall neut nom/voc/acc sg …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

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