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noun 
  1. A leap year; A year having an extra day.
adjective 
  1. Having an extra day (of a leap year).
Etymology: From from Roman calendar bis sextum second six. In leap years there were two sixths of March in the Roman calendar, thus the succession of days was ... 5 - 6 - 6
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