glaucus
English
noun
Definitions
- Any member of the genus Glaucus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea, strikingly colored with blue and silvery white.
- the , a thorny shrub species endemic to semi-arid regions of Australia.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek γλαυκός (blue-grey, blue-green, gleaming, grey, light blue, clear, grayish).
Origin
Ancient Greek
γλαυκός
Gloss
blue-grey, blue-green, gleaming, grey, light blue, clear, grayish
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- glaucus Latin
- Γλαύκων Ancient Greek
- γλαυκός Ancient Greek
- γλαυκῶπις Ancient Greek
- γλαύκινος Ancient Greek
- γλαύκιον Ancient Greek
- ὑπόγλαυκος Ancient Greek
- *gleh₂w-ko- Proto-Indo-European
- لاق Arabic