English

Noun

myxa

1. (zoology) The distal end of the mandibles of a bird.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μύξα ‎(múxa)

Noun

myxa f ‎(genitive myxae); first declension

1. sebesten (tree)

Related terms

• myxum

Inflection

First declension.

References

• myxa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• MYXA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “myxa”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.