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colmillo

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (masculine) canine tooth
  2. (masculine) tusk, fang

Frequentie

25k
Met koppelteken als
col‧mi‧llo
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/kolˈmiʝo/
Etymologie (Engels)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin columellus (“canine tooth, tusk”) (attested in Isidore of Seville), masculine variant of columella (literally “small column, pillar”), diminutive of columna (“column”). Used Classically to refer to the grinding teeth of horses in Varro and Pliny in the form columellārēs dentēs (literally “pillar-formed teeth”).

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