noun
small terrestrial ferns of Old World tropics and subtropics: clawed ferns; sometimes placed in family Cryptogrammataceae
• Syn: ↑genus Onychium
• Hypernyms: ↑fern genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pteridaceae, ↑family Pteridaceae
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onychˈium noun
A pulvillus in insects
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Main Entry: ↑onycha
Useful english dictionary. 2012.