gibraltar : Idioms & Phrases
gibraltar fever
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noun infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache
brucellosis; Malta fever; Rock fever; Mediterranean fever; undulant fever.
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rock of gibraltar
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noun location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules
Calpe; Gibraltar.
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strait of gibraltar
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noun the strait between Spain and Africa