different between larmier vs tearpit

English

From French larme (“tear, drop”), from Latin lacrima. See lachrymose.

larmier (plural larmiers)

(anatomy) A tearpit.
(architecture) A horizontal stringcourse for preventing rain from trickling down a wall.

tear +? pit

tearpit (plural tearpits)

(anatomy) A cavity or pouch beneath the lower eyelid of most deer and antelope; the lachrymal sinus or larmier.

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