English Explanatory Dictionary

onycha

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked as an ingredient in the Mosaic incense and pre-modern medicine
  2. The precious stone onyx.

Word forms

onycha

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin onycha.

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