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caligo

caligo noun: dimness or obscurity of sight, caused by a speck on the cornea.

Noun

caligo (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) dimness or obscurity of sight, caused by a speck on the cornea
  2. A butterfly of the genus Caligo.

caligo meaning in Tamil

caligo in Tamil

பார்வைக்குறை, பார்வைத்திறன் குறை, மங்கியபார்வை

Origin of caligo

Borrowed from Latin cālīgō (“darkness”). Doublet of garua.

Questions about caligo

What does caligo mean?
Caligo means dimness or obscurity of sight, caused by a speck on the cornea.
What is caligo in Tamil?
Caligo in Tamil is பார்வைக்குறை, பார்வைத்திறன் குறை, மங்கியபார்வை. See Caligo meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is caligo?
Caligo is a noun.

Words near caligo in the dictionary

  1. caliginous
  2. caliginously
  3. caliginousness
  4. Caligiuri
  5. Caligiuris
  6. caligo
  7. caligraph
  8. caligraphed
  9. caligrapher
  10. caligraphers
  11. caligraphic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: caligo (page history and authors); caligo (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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