different between myxo vs myxa

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?ks'?, IPA^(key): /?m?ks??/
• Rhymes: -?ks??

Noun

myxo (uncountable)

1. (informal) myxomatosis, a rabbit disease transmitted by mosquitoes and fleas.

See also

• myxo-
• Wikipedia article on Myxomatosis

Anagrams

• moxy

Latin

Noun

myx?

1. dative singular of myxum
2. ablative singular of myxum

References

• myxo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• myxo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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