eccaleobion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A 19th-cetury contrivance for hatching eggs by means of artificial heat.

Word forms

eccaleobion eccaleobions

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐκκαλέω (ekkaléō, “call forth”) + βίος (bíos, “life”).

Related words

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