Standard Lemma guide
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noun
A single lobe of an insect's maxilla.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology, zootomy
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noun
The grinding surface of an insect's mandible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology, zootomy
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noun
The third segment of a mandible of some myriapods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology, zootomy
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noun
plural of malum
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
A bead or a set of beads commonly used by Hindus and Buddhists for keeping count while reciting, chanting, or mentally repeating a mantra or the name or names of a deity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hinduism, Sikhism
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Synonyms: japamala
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noun
Synonym of rufous hare-wallaby.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: rufous hare-wallaby
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noun
A seasoning made from Sichuan pepper and chilis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Abbreviation of metformin-associated metabolic acidosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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History
Learned borrowing from Latin māla (“the cheekbone, jaw”).
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Transliteration of Sanskrit माला (mālā, “wreath, garland, crown”).
From Western Desert Language, as Pitjantjatjara mala.
Etymology tree Mandarin 麻 (má) Mandarin 辣 (là) Mandarin 麻辣 (málà)bor. English mala Borrowed from Mandarin 麻辣 (málà).
