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noun
Clipping of basking shark.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
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noun
One who or that which basks; agent noun of bask.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of various species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Urothemis, endemic to Africa and Asia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree English bask Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English basker From bask + -er.
