Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A connecting rod or bar; a yoke in general.
- noun In anatomy, an H-shaped fissure of the brain, as the paroccipital fissure.
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- noun anatomy In the
cerebrum , the shortcrossbar or stem that connects the two pairs of branches of azygal fissure .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek zygon ("yoke")
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[Greek: ton d 'heuron phrena terpomenon phormingi ligeiê, kali, daidaleê, epi d' argyreon zygon êen.] -- Il. 9, 185-6.] [Note: Lesbos was an island consecrated to music from the days of
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i can't wait for the class gathering! but we have to change the date coz jot ain't free on that day. here are some pple whom i am going to give big bear hugs to: joy lynnie jess chan joelle esther rach sim everyone else whom i cross.heh. byebye little people of zygon ...
cooltwinz Diary Entry cooltwinz 2005
missanthropist commented on the word zygon
Greek Yoke.
July 11, 2008