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Strombus vs Onycha - What's the difference?

strombus | onycha |

As a proper noun strombus

is .

As a noun onycha is

(obsolete) an ingredient of the mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus.

strombus

English

(wikipedia strombus) (wikispecies)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (zoology) Any of the genus Strombus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad wing.
    • (Webster 1913)

    onycha

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus.
  • :And the Lord said to Moses: Take unto thee spices, stacte, and onycha , galbanum of sweet savour, and the clearest frankincense, all shall be of equal weight. Exodus 30:34, Douay-Rheims-Challoner translation
  • (obsolete) The precious stone onyx.
    • (Webster 1913) ----