Meanings
nounonychinus (uncountable)
- obsoleteuncountableonyx
[…] a certain vessel finely and subtilly made of the precious stone onychinus […]
1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC
Origin
- Ancient Greekὀνῠ́χῐνος
- Latinonychinus
- Englishonychinus
Borrowed from Latin onychinus, from Ancient Greek ὀνῠ́χῐνος (onŭ́khĭnos).
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APA
onychinus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onychinus
MLA
“onychinus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onychinus. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onychinus,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onychinus.
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