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n. - A sailboat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck.

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  • That word, ironically, is the origin for the English word catamaran, now applied to sleek, luxury yachts.
  • The man was blowed to pieces, I tell you, by a thing called a catamaran, off the coast o '
  • The simple idea of joining two tankers like a catamaran could be the future of energy storage, researchers say.
  • Perhaps team 4 gets as far as the 'catamaran' but falters thereafter.
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