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ve·lo·drome

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NOUN:

A sports arena with a banked oval track for bicycle and motorcycle racing.

ETYMOLOGY:
French vélodrome, blend of vélocipède, velocipede ; see velocipede, and -drome, racecourse (from Latin -dromus; see -drome)

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