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derailleur
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de·rail·leur  (d-rlr)
n.
A device for shifting gears on a bicycle by moving the chain between sprocket wheels of different sizes.
[French dérailleur, from dérailler, to derail; see derail.]
derailleur [dee-rail-yer]
Noun
a type of gear-change mechanism for bicycles
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