eighty-eight

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English

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English numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: eighty-eight
    Ordinal: eighty-eighth
    Adverbial: eighty-eight times
an eighty-eight butterfly (Diaethria anna) with the characteristic markings on the wings

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Numeral

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eighty-eight

  1. Number between eighty-seven and eighty-nine; decimal 88
  2. An abbreviation for 'Hugs and kisses' in amateur radio. Used especially in Morse code.
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Noun

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eighty-eight (plural eighty-eights)

  1. (slang) A piano (from the number of keys)
  2. A butterfly of the genera Callicore, Perisama, or Diaethria, some of which have a pattern on their wings similar to the digits "88".