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uraniscus

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u⋅ra⋅nis⋅cus

  [yoor-uh-nis-kuhs]
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–noun, plural -nis⋅ci  [-nis-ahy] . Architecture.
a starlike ornament, as in a coffer of a ceiling.
Origin:
< Gk ouranískos ceiling, equiv. to ouran(ós) heaven + -iskos dim. suffix
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