Etymology

Sao

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Today it means: Any marine annelid of the genus Hyalinoecia, especially Hyalinoecia tubicola of Europe, which inhabits a transparent movable tube resembling a quill in color and texture. Full definition →

Ancient Greek Σαώ
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Sao · proper noun1

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromΣαώ
  2. English todaySao

From Ancient Greek Σαώ (Saṓ, literally “the rescuer”), from the verb σῴζω (sōízō, “to save”).

Sao · noun2

Presumably named after the nereid (see Etymology 1). H. tubicola was initially assigned to the genus Nereis.

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