Cardo

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The basal joint of the maxilla in insects
  2. 2
    The hinge of a bivalve shell.
  3. 3
    A street that ran north–south, in an Ancient Roman town or city Ancient-Rome

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cardō (“hinge”). Doublet of kern.

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