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piscine
adjective
of, relating to, or resembling a fish or fishes.
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- First recorded around 1790–1800.
- Comes from the Latin word piscīnus, related to pisc(is), “fish.”
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EXAMPLES OF PISCINE
- The dancer’s elegant movements were reminiscent of a piscine creature gracefully gliding through water.
- As an avid swimmer, she felt a deep connection to the piscine world beneath the ocean’s surface.
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- First recorded in 1350–1400.
- Comes via the Middle English word clamor from the Latin word clāmāre, “to cry out.”
- Also related is claim, “to demand by virtue of a right.”
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EXAMPLES OF CLAMOR
- After the controversial decision was announced, a clamor of disapproval erupted among the community.
- Within minutes of the announcement, social media was ablaze with a clamor of opinions on the topic.
dendroglyph
noun
an image, message, or symbol carved into a tree, especially by Indigenous people and often hundreds of years old, providing cultural and historical information not available from other sources.
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- Coined in 1918 by Australian curator Robert Etheridge, Jr.
- Formed from dendro-, “tree,” and glyph, “carving,”
- This term replaced the earlier term arborglyph.
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EXAMPLES OF DENDROGLYPH
- Walking through the ancient forest, we stumbled upon a mysterious dendroglyph carved into the trunk of a mighty oak tree.
- Conservation efforts were put in place to protect the valuable history preserved in each delicate dendroglyph scattered throughout the woodland.
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