": a translucent chalcedony in parallel layers of different colors":[]
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"\u02c8\u00e4-niks"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cartier\u2019s iconic symbols appear in subtle new ways, like the Panthere Erindi necklace and earrings, which feature rock crystal with flecks of onyx that appear like floating abstract spots. \u2014 Town & Country , 29 June 2022",
"Marcelis contributed a pale pink bathtub carved from a solid block of pink onyx , while OMA unveiled a stone bed (yes!) and a striking bookcase made from Satin Verde marble. \u2014 Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor , 15 June 2022",
"First, a graphic wing of smudgy onyx , that paired with a parted fringe and pink pout, and second, an eye-catching carmine lip furthered by rounded bohemian bangs styled at full capacity. \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 5 June 2022",
"Their design process drew inspiration from the naturalistic forms of a zen garden, resulting in two pieces carved in rich limestone, juxtaposed with an in-store exclusive red onyx option launching mid-May. \u2014 Concetta Ciarlo, Vogue , 18 May 2022",
"Minwax also offers stains in indigo, emerald, onyx and more. \u2014 Lindsey M. Roberts, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"The artists\u2019 trippy influences are evident in the rose-gold and onyx rays forming the central motif of the necklace, which can be transformed into a brooch or a choker. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"As mentioned, the dial of the watch is shaped like the Batman emblem and is crafted of a single slab of pitch black onyx . \u2014 Roberta Naas, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Above: Panth\u00e8re Spicy earrings (left) and the Acraga earrings, both in coral, onyx , diamonds, and emeralds. \u2014 Rima Suqi, ELLE Decor , 25 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English oniche, onyx , from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin onych-, onyx , from Greek, literally, claw, nail \u2014 more at nail":""
": a genus (the type of the family Onygenaceae) of ascomycetous fungi that have stalked capitate ascocarps and occur typically on decaying animal materials (as hooves or feathers)":[]
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"\u014d\u02c8nij\u0259n\u0259"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, irregular from Greek onyx nail of the finger or toe, claw, hoof + New Latin -gena (from Greek -gen\u0113s born)":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-221317"
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"onychophoran":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": peripatus":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4-ni-\u02c8k\u00e4-f\u0259-r\u0259n"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Onychophora , group name, from Greek onych-, onyx claw + -phoros -phore":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1890, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-080054"
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"adjective or noun",
"noun,",
"plural noun"
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": a class of Arthropoda or an independent phylum comprising small elongated velvety-skinned terrestrial invertebrate animals of damp dark habitats in warm regions that are in some respects intermediate between annelid worms and typical arthropods, that have an unsegmented vermiform body, numerous pairs of short unsegmented legs with terminal bifid claws, and a head bearing a pair of segmented antennae, a pair of oral papillae on which slime glands open, a pair of simple eyes, and a pair of jaws resembling blades, that possess a hemocoel as a body cavity, and that breathe by means of tracheae and excrete by means of nephridia":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4n\u0259\u02c8k\u00e4f\u0259r\u0259"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from onych- + -phora":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-140555"
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"Onychomys":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a genus of rodents (family Cricetidae) comprising the North American grasshopper mice":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u014d\u02c8nik\u0259m\u0259\u0307s"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from onych- + -mys":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-160609"
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": resembling a fingernail in shape or texture":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-213006"
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": a genus of marsupials comprising the nail-tailed wallaby":[]
