min·i·mus

[min-uh-muhs]
noun, plural min·i·mi [-mahy] .
1.
a creature or being that is the smallest or least significant.
2.
Anatomy. the little finger or toe.

Origin:
1580–90; < Neo-Latin, Latin: literally, smallest

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minimus (ˈmɪnɪməs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
(Brit) (immediately postpositive) the youngest: sometimes used after the surname of a schoolboy having elder brothers at the same school: Hunt minimus

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Minimus is always a great word to know.
So is femur. Does it mean:
the colored portion of the eye that contains a circular opening, the pupil, in its center
the thighbone of the human leg, extending from the pelvis to the knee, that is the longest, largest, and strongest in the body
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minimus
1580, from L. minimus (pl. minimi); see minimum.
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Pectoralis minimus, first rib-cartilage to coracoid process.
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