Etymology

asteriscus

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Today it means: One of the otoliths found in the lagena of many nonmammalian vertebrates. Full definition →

Latin asteriscus
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromasteriscus
  2. English todayasteriscus

Learned borrowing from Latin asteriscus. Doublet of asterisk.

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