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Definition: EPITHEMA

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Epithema" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Epithema \Ep`i*the"ma\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression 'epi` upon case, box, from to place.]. (references)

Definition: EPITHEMA

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "EPITHEMA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Epithema \Ep`i*the"ma\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression 'epi` upon case, box, from to place.]. (references)