colmillo
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin columellus (“canine tooth, tusk”) (attested in Isidore of Seville), masculine variant of columella (literally “small column, pillar”), diminutive of columna (“column”). Used Classically to refer to the grinding teeth of horses in Varro and Pliny in the form columellārēs dentēs (literally “pillar-formed teeth”).
Pronunciation
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- Syllabification: col‧mi‧llo
Noun
[edit]colmillo m (plural colmillos)
- (teeth) canine tooth
- tusk, fang
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “colmillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Spanish terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
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- es:Teeth