cardo
Meaning
- The basal joint of the maxilla in insects
- The hinge of a bivalve shell.
- (Ancient-Rome) A street that ran north–south, in an Ancient Roman town or city
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cardō (“hinge”). Doublet of kern.
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