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compo (2)[compo 词源字典]: "A payment or series of payments made under a workers' compensation scheme", 1940s: abbreviation of compensation.[compo etymology, compo origin, 英语词源]
coelenterate: "An aquatic invertebrate animal of a phylum that includes jellyfishes, corals, and sea anemones. They typically have a tube- or cup-shaped body with a single opening ringed with tentacles that bear stinging cells (nematocysts)", Late 19th century: from modern Latin Coelenterata, from Greek koilos 'hollow' + enteron 'intestine'.
costate: "Ribbed; possessing a costa", Early 19th century: from Latin costatus, from costa 'rib'.
calends: "The first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar", Old English (denoting an appointed time): from Old French calendes, from Latin kalendae, calendae 'first day of the month' (when accounts were due and the order of days was proclaimed); related to Latin calare and Greek kalein 'call, proclaim'.
charbroil: "Grill (food, especially meat) on a rack over charcoal", 1950s: blend of charcoal and broil¹.
cauda: "A structure resembling a tail", Late 17th century: from Latin, 'tail'.
chaeta: "A stiff bristle made of chitin, especially in an annelid worm", Mid 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek khaitē 'long hair'.
calenture: "Feverish delirium formerly thought of as afflicting sailors in the tropics", Late 16th century: from French, from Spanish calentura 'fever', from calentar 'be hot', based on Latin calere 'be warm'.
carphology: "Plucking at the bedclothes by a delirious patient", Mid 19th century: from Greek karphologia, from karphos 'straw' + legein 'collect'.
clamant: "Urgently demanding attention", Mid 17th century: from Latin clamant- 'crying out', from the verb clamare.
cuneus: "A wedge-shaped lobule of the medial surface of the occipital lobe of the brain, located between the calcarine and parieto-occipital fissures", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. From German Cuneus from classical Latin cuneus wedge.
cuneate: "Wedge-shaped", Early 19th century: from Latin cuneus 'wedge' + -ate².
Ciliata: "With plural concord. An order, class, or subphylum comprising the ciliate protozoans; (also ciliata) protozoans of this group (collectively or individually); ciliates", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Annals and Magazine of Natural History. From scientific Latin Ciliata, group name from post-classical Latin ciliatus + -a.
chiliast: "Another term for millenarian", Late 16th century: via late Latin from Greek khiliastēs, from khilias 'a thousand years', from khilioi 'thousand'.
cyberart: "Art produced using computer technology; also in plural", 1970s; earliest use found in Leonardo.
cacology: "Bad choice of words or poor pronunciation", Late 18th century: via late Latin from Greek kakologia 'abusive language', from kakos 'bad'.
cacodemon: "A malevolent spirit or person", Late 16th century: from Greek kakodaimōn, from kakos 'bad' + daimōn 'spirit'.
cytopenia: "Reduction of the normal number of cells (of one or more types), especially in the blood; an instance of this", Early 20th cent.; earliest use found in American Journal of the Medical Sciences. From cyto- + -penia.
clathrate: "A compound in which molecules of one component are physically trapped within the crystal structure of another", 1940s: from Latin clathratus, from clathri 'lattice bars', from Greek klēthra.
claqueur: "A member of a claque", Mid 19th century: French, from claquer 'to clap'.