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Definition of biathlon noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

biathlon

noun

/baɪˈæθlən/

/baɪˈæθlən/

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a sporting event that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting compare decathlon, heptathlon, pentathlon, tetrathlon, triathlonTopics Sports: other sportsc2
Word Origin1950s: from bi- ‘two’ + Greek athlon ‘contest’, on the pattern of pentathlon.

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