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by-line
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun by-line has 2 senses
- by-line(n = noun.communication) credit line - a line giving the name of the writer of a story or article; Array has parts: author's name, writer's name
- by-line(n = noun.act) avocation, hobby, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity - an auxiliary activity; Array is a kind of interest, pastime, pursuit
is a kind of line
has particulars: spelaeology, speleology
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