Catalexis
the absence of a syllable at the beginning or end of a line of metrical verse resulting in an incomplete foot, most often occurring in the last foot at the end of a verse; a catalectic line.
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- Catalin
a synthetic resin used especially for costume jewelry.
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Santa Catalina. noun another name for Santa Catalina
- Catalo
noun (pl) -loes, -los a variant spelling of cattalo