different between myxa vs myna

English

Etymology

Latin, a lamp nozzle, from Ancient Greek.

Noun

myxa

1. (zoology) The distal end of the mandibles of a bird.

Anagrams

• Maxy

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (múxa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?myk.sa/, [?m?ks?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mik.sa/, [?miks?]

Noun

myxa f (genitive myxae); first declension

1. sebesten (tree)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

• myxum

References

• myxa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• myxa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• myxa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Alternative forms

• mino (archaic)
• mynah, mina

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ???? (main?)/Urdu ????? (main?), from Sanskrit ??? (madana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?n?/
• Rhymes: -a?n?

Noun

myna (plural mynas)

1. One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• myna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sturnidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• MYAN, Many, Myan., many