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opinicus

opinicus noun: a heraldic imaginary creature with an eagle's head, a short tail, and sometimes wings.

opinicus: a heraldic imaginary creature with an eagle's head, a short tail, and sometimes wings
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Noun

opinicus (plural opinici)

  1. A heraldic imaginary creature with an eagle's head, a short tail, and sometimes wings.
    • Two opinici vert, beaked sable, wings gules, support the insignia of the Plasterers’ Company.1847, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, Oxford: John Henry Parker, page 233
    • Urcheons, bagwyns, opinici and musimons, represented statant, sejant or segreant, and in every variety of metal, colour and fur, completed an exhibition which was both boastfully heraldic and pompously powerful.1928, Punch, page 612, column 2
    Synonyms:
    epimacus

Synonyms of opinicus

Forms of opinicus

pluralopinici

Questions about opinicus

What does opinicus mean?
Opinicus means a heraldic imaginary creature with an eagle's head, a short tail, and sometimes wings.
What part of speech is opinicus?
Opinicus is a noun.
What is the plural of opinicus?
The plural of opinicus is opinici.

Words near opinicus in the dictionary

  1. opiniators
  2. opiniatre
  3. opiniatreties
  4. opiniatrety
  5. opinici
  6. opinicus
  7. opining
  8. opinings
  9. opinio juris sive necessitatis
  10. opinion
  11. opinion bash

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