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Hox vs Hok - What's the difference?

hox | hok |

As an abbreviation hox

is homeobox.

As a verb hox

is to hock; to hamstring.

As a noun hok is

a small type of hut.

hox

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation

(Abbreviation) (head)
  • (genetics) homeobox
    • Derived terms
    * hox gene

    Etymology 2

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To hock; to hamstring.
    • (Shakespeare)
    (Webster 1913)

    hok

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (South Africa) A small type of hut
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