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Definition: (adjective) unenthusiastic, routine, or mechanical.
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met·i·cal  audio  (mt-käl) KEY 

NOUN:
pl met·i·cais  (-ksh) KEY 
A basic unit of currency in Mozambique. See Table at currency.
ETYMOLOGY:
Portuguese, from Arabic mitql, colloquial variant of miql, a unit of weight, from aqula, to be heavy; see ql in Semitic roots


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