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salinon

salinon noun: a particular figure bounded by four semicircles.

Noun

salinon

  1. A particular figure bounded by four semicircles.

Origin of salinon

From Ancient Greek *σάλινον (*sálinon, unattested), presumably from and meaning the same as Latin salīnum (“salt-cellar”), derived from sal (“salt”) (compare salillum).

Questions about salinon

What does salinon mean?
Salinon means a particular figure bounded by four semicircles.
What part of speech is salinon?
Salinon is a noun.

Words near salinon in the dictionary

  1. salinometer
  2. salinometers
  3. salinometric
  4. salinometry
  5. salinomycin
  6. salinon
  7. salinosporamide
  8. salinosporamides
  9. salinous
  10. saliotite
  11. salipenter

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