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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
A small, thin, straight growth
The spines of a ray.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
A small, thin, straight growth
The sicula of a graptolite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
A divining or dowsing rod.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Any small rod.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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noun
Synonym of virgule: a punctuation mark.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: media, publishing, typography
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Synonyms: virgule
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noun
Synonym of stem: the tail of a note.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Synonyms: stem
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noun
Synonym of virga: one of the neumes of medieval musical notation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, obsolete
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Synonyms: virga
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History
From Latin virgula (“twig; wand; scratch comma”), from virga (“branch; rod”) + -ulus (“-ule: forming diminutives”). As a dowsing rod, via virgula divina or divinatoria. Doublet of virgule.
