onycha
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onycha
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Borrowed from Latin onycha.
noun
- the 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:
- The precious stone onyx.
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noun the operculum of certain gastropods used formerly as a drug
| Deutsch | Riechschale, Räucherklaue |
|---|---|
| العربية | ظُفْر الطِيب ẓufr aṭ-ṭīb |
| עברית | שְׁחֵלֶת šəḥēleṯ, צִפֹּרֶן ṣip̄ōren |
Talk about this word "onycha." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/onycha. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. onycha. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/onycha "onycha." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/onycha.
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@misc{onycha_2026,
title = {onycha},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/onycha},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
