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Tessera Tes Uhr Uh Plural Tesserae Tes Uhr Ee Noun Small Piece

Front tessera \TES-uhr-uh\
plural tesserae: TES-uhr-ee\
Back noun
A small piece of stone, glass, or tile used to make a mosaic.

[From Latin, from Greek tesseres, variant of tessares (four), from the four corners of its square shape.]

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