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onychinus

onychinus noun: onyx.

Noun

onychinus (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) onyx
    • […] a certain vessel finely and subtilly made of the precious stone onychinus […]1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC

Origin of onychinus

Borrowed from Latin onychinus, from Ancient Greek ὀνῠ́χῐνος (onŭ́khĭnos).

Questions about onychinus

What does onychinus mean?
Onychinus means onyx.
What part of speech is onychinus?
Onychinus is a noun.

Words near onychinus in the dictionary

  1. onychectomies
  2. onychectomy
  3. onychia
  4. onychial
  5. onychias
  6. onychinus
  7. onychitides
  8. onychitis
  9. onychium
  10. onychiurid
  11. onychiurids

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