adorno

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noun

A clay ornament attached to a piece of pottery, usually at the rim.

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Meanings

nounadorno (plural adornos)

plural adornos

  1. A clay ornament attached to a piece of pottery, usually at the rim.

    Willey (1949:324) suggested that this mound probably dates to late Weeden Island times, though the bird head rim adorno (Luer 1992a:54, Figure Id; Moore 1903:Figure 63) might indicate a Safety Harbor component.

    1999, Clarence Bloomfield Moore, Jeffrey M. Mitchem, The West and Central Florida Expeditions of Clarence Bloomfield Moore, page 25

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Anagrams

nardooDorona
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Chicago

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