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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   dimness or obscurity of sight, caused by a speck on the cornea obsolete, uncountable
2. 2
   A butterfly of the genus Caligo. uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cālīgō (“darkness”). Doublet of garua.

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