leap years

A form of leap year — A year in the Julian or Gregorian calendar with an intercalary day added to February (in the Gregorian calendar, February 29), used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of leap year
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