caino-

1. variant of ceno- ¹:

   Cainozoic.

Example Sentences

This tangy, straightforward wine, made from grapes from the O Rosal Valley, is 70 percent albariño, with a combination of two obscure local grapes, loureira and caíño blanco, making up the rest.

From New York Times

Caino may, with more likelihood, have been a Celtic word, meaning an excavation, and came to be adopted because of the subterranean quarries from which the stone was drawn for the building of the town.

From Project Gutenberg

Cain sacrificing to the Lord thorns, the most wretched production of the ground,— ——chè già tiene 'l confine D'amenduo gli emisperi, e tocca l'onda Sotto Sibilia, Caino e le spine.

From Project Gutenberg

The fund – whose manager, João Caino, said the investors are a mix of companies and wealthy individuals but do not include football agents – still owns economic rights in 18 Benfica players, ranging from 20% stakes to the 50% bought in the Brazilian striker Alan Kardec for €3m last June.

From The Guardian

Caino, who runs the Benfica Stars Fund on behalf of the bank, told the Guardian the fund aims to be transparent, does not employ any agents, nor does it have agents as investors, because that risked potential conflicts of interest.

From The Guardian