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castanets [castanets 词源字典]: "Small concave pieces of wood, ivory, or plastic, joined in pairs by a cord and clicked together by the fingers as a rhythmic accompaniment to Spanish dancing", Early 17th century: from Spanish castañeta, diminutive of castaña, from Latin castanea 'chestnut'.[castanets etymology, castanets origin, 英语词源]
coelurosaur: "A small, slender bipedal carnivorous dinosaur with long forelimbs, believed to be an evolutionary ancestor of birds", 1950s: from Greek koilos 'hollow' + oura 'tail' + sauros 'lizard'.
carpophore: "(In a flower) an elongated axis that raises the stem of the pistil above the stamens", Late 19th century: from Greek karpos 'fruit' + -phore.
con amore: "(Especially as a direction) with tenderness", Italian, 'with love'.
carriole: "A small open horse-drawn carriage for one person", Mid 18th century: from French, from Italian carriuola, diminutive of carro, from Latin carrum (see car).
caruncle: "A wattle of a bird such as a turkeycock", Late 16th century: obsolete French, from Latin caruncula, from caro, carn- 'flesh'.
caudate: "Relating to or denoting the caudate nucleus", Early 17th century: from medieval Latin caudatus, from cauda 'tail'.
causerie: "An informal article or talk, typically on a literary subject", French, from causer 'to talk'.
catena: "A connected series or chain", Mid 17th century: from Latin, 'chain', originally in catena patrum 'chain of the (Church) Fathers'.
calx: "A powdery metallic oxide formed when an ore or mineral has been heated", Late Middle English: from Latin, 'lime', probably from Greek khalix 'pebble, limestone'.
congé: "An unceremonious dismissal or rejection of someone", Late Middle English (in the general sense 'permission to do something'): from Old French congie, from Latin commeatus 'leave of absence', from commeare 'go and come'. The word is now usually treated as equivalent to modern French.
calendula: "A Mediterranean plant of a genus that includes the common or pot marigold", Modern Latin, diminutive of calendae (see calends); perhaps because it flowers for most of the year.
conventual: "Relating or belonging to a convent", Late Middle English: from medieval Latin conventualis, from Latin conventus 'assembly, company' (see convent).