bissextile year


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Noun1.Bissextile year - in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years divisible by 400bissextile year - in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years divisible by 400
366 days, intercalary year, leap year
twelvemonth, year, yr - a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920"
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