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cory

English

Noun

cory (plural cories or corys)

  1. Any fish belonging to the genus Corydoras, a group of South American freshwater catfish.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Croy, croy, cryo, cryo-

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corf

English

Etymology

From Middle English corf, borrowed from Middle Low German korf or Middle Dutch korf, from Proto-West Germanic *korb.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??f/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /k??f/
  • Rhymes: -??(?)f
  • Hyphenation: corf

Noun

corf (plural corves or corfs)

  1. (mining) A large basket, especially as used for coal.
    • 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:
      Why, I am simple as a pony, Sir [] ?– born in a Drift, a Corf for my cradle, and nought but the Back-shift for Schoolmasters there [] ?
  2. A container (basket, wooden box with holes etc.) used to store live fish underwater.
  3. (mining) A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines.

Related terms

  • korfball

Translations


Old French

Alternative forms

  • corb, corp, crop

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *corbus < Classical Latin corvus.

Noun

corf m (oblique plural cors, nominative singular cors, nominative plural corf)

  1. crow (bird)

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  • corbel

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