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Montes
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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noun
a male given name.
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Word Origin & History
mons
from L. mons (pl. montes) "mountain," used in various anatomical senses, esp. mons Veneris "mountains of Love," fleshy eminence atop the vaginal opening, 1693; often mons for short.
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Medical Dictionary
mons (mŏnz)
n. pl. mon·tes (mŏn'tēz)
An anatomical prominence or slight elevation above the general level of the surface.
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