Etymology

onycha

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Today it means: the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked as an ingredient in the Mosaic incense and pre-modern medicine Full definition →

Latin onycha
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromonycha
  2. English todayonycha

Borrowed from Latin onycha.

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