halitus

[ hal-i-tuhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural hal·i·tus·es.

Origin of halitus¹

1655–65; < Latin, equivalent to hāl ( āre ) to breathe, exhale + -itus suffix of v. action (probably by analogy with spīritus spirit )

In his pagis hiatus conspicitur terr, unde halitus lethalis exsurgens, quodcunque animal prope consistit, odore gravi consumit.

Turner ascribed it to malign vapours from the interior of the earth (malignos terrae matris halitus).

The bald eagles (Halitus leucocephalus) were very plentiful and there were several nests built in the vicinity.

Of the eagles, the most widespread and commonest is the bald eagle (Halitus leucocephalus).

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