vexillum (vɛkˈsɪləm) ![]() | |
| —n , pl -la | |
| 1. | ornithol the vane of a feather |
| 2. | botany another name for standard |
| [C18: from Latin: banner, perhaps from vēlum sail] | |
| 'vexillary | |
| —adj | |
| vex'illar | |
| —adj | |
| 'vexillate | |
| —adj | |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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