Etymology

babax

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Today it means: Any of four species of passerine birds within the genus Pterorhinus in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae. Full definition →

Ancient Greek βάβαξ
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromβάβαξ
  2. English todaybabax

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βάβαξ (bábax).

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