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1. mọ̄n(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: mone
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(a) The moon as a luminous heavenly body; the seventh 'planet' of Ptolemaic astronomy, the planet of the sphere nearest the earth; (b) the moon as the cosmological divider between the earth and the…

2. mono-corde n.

Additional spellings: monocorde
6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A musical instrument consisting of a sounding board and a single string stretched over a moveable fret or bridge; ?also, an instrument with several strings and bridges [quot.: Lydg.]; (b) fig.

3. mancowe n.

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Some kind of ape or monkey; ?an ape with a dog's head, ?dog-faced baboon.