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onycha

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ony-cha
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked as an ingredient in the Mosaic incense and pre-modern medicine

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

The precious stone onyx.

Obsolete; Uncountable

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin onycha.

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What does onycha mean?
the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked as an ingredient in the Mosaic incense and pre-modern medicine
Where does onycha come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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