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Meaning of onycha | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked as an ingredient in the Mosaic incense and pre-modern medicine
    obsolete, uncountable
  2. The precious stone onyx.
    obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية ظفر الطيب
Deutsch Räucherklaue Riechschale
Suomi kotilonkuori
עברית צפרן
Latina blatta byzantia blatta byzantīna onycha opercula cochleārum unguis odōrātus

Examples

“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:”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

onychalgia onychauxis onychectomy onychia onychinus onychitis

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