onycha

English

noun
Definitions
  • (obsolete) the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked as an ingredient in the Mosaic incense and pre-modern medicine
  • (obsolete) The precious stone onyx.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin onycha.

Origin

Latin

onycha

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