onycha

O1N1Y4C3H4A1

noun

the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked as an ingredient in the Mosaic incense and pre-modern medicine

OriginLatin onycha →
Scrabble 14
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounonycha (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountablethe operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked as an ingredient in the Mosaic incense and pre-modern medicine

    And our Lord ſaid to Moyſes: Take vnto thee ſpices, ſtactee, and onycha, galbanum of ſwete ſauour, and the cleareſt frankincenſe, al shal be of equal weight:

    1609, The Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Laurence Kellam, […], →OCLC, Exodus 30:34, page 241
  2. obsoleteuncountableThe precious stone onyx.

Origin

  1. Latinonycha
  2. Englishonycha

Borrowed from Latin onycha.

More words from Latin

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Ancient Greek ὄνυξ
  • ὄνυξ (ónux)the operculum of certain gastropods used formerly as a drug
Arabic ظُفْر الطِيب
  • ظُفْر الطِيب (ẓufr aṭ-ṭīb)the operculum of certain gastropods used formerly as a drug
Finnish suitsutuskynsi, kotilonkuori
  • suitsutuskynsithe operculum of certain gastropods used formerly as a drug
  • kotilonkuorithe operculum of certain gastropods used formerly as a drug
German Riechschale, Räucherklaue
  • Riechschalethe operculum of certain gastropods used formerly as a drug
  • Räucherklauethe operculum of certain gastropods used formerly as a drug
Hebrew שְׁחֵלֶת, צִפֹּרֶן
  • שְׁחֵלֶת (šəḥēleṯ)the operculum of certain gastropods used formerly as a drug
  • צִפֹּרֶן (ṣip̄ōren)the operculum of certain gastropods used formerly as a drug
Latin unguis odoratus, blatta byzantina
  • unguis odoratusthe operculum of certain gastropods used formerly as a drug
  • blatta byzantinathe operculum of certain gastropods used formerly as a drug
  • blatta byzantiathe operculum of certain gastropods used formerly as a drug
  • opercula cochlearumthe operculum of certain gastropods used formerly as a drug
  • onychathe operculum of certain gastropods used formerly as a drug
Cite this entry
APA

onycha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onycha

MLA

“onycha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onycha. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onycha,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onycha.

Source: onycha on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.