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Caconymy

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caconymnounAn incorrect name for something, especially in taxonomic classification.
canephornounAlternative form of canephora. [(architecture) A caryatid supporting a basket on her head.]
cacosynthetonnoun(rhetoric) The poor placement of words.
caenobiumnounRare spelling of coenobium. [A conventual or monastic community; also, a convent or monastery.]
coenobynounSynonym of coenobium.
cacoëpynounDated spelling of cacoepy.
cymanoun(architecture) The wavelike, curved shape of a cymatium, consisting of a concave and a convex line; (loosely) the cymatium itself.
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econymnounUncommon spelling of oikonym. [A type of toponym denoting a settlement or its part.]
cymatiumnoun(architecture) A molding on the cornice, above the corona, often having a wavelike form (cyma).
cryptonymynounThe use of code names or cryptonyms.
canephorenounAlternative form of canephora. [(architecture) A caryatid supporting a basket on her head.]
cacoepynounThe mispronunciation of words.
coneynoun(Jamaica) The Jamaican coney (Geocapromys brownii), a hutia endemic to Jamaica.
calcanthumnounSynonym of chalcanthum.
cataphornoun(linguistics) The use of a pronoun or other linguistic unit to refer ahead to another word in a sentence.
caudationnounThe property of having a caudate extension or tail.
cognomennoun(historical) A personal epithet or clan name added to the given name and family name of Ancient Romans.
congenounAlternative form of congee: a leavetaking, a farewell. [Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly):]
kotylosnounSynonym of cantharus (“a kind of ancient Greek and Roman cup”).

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