Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe lower part of the concha of the ear adjoining the origin of the helix. · The nasal cavity. · A fallstreak hole.
Unadapted borrowing from Latin cavum (“a hollow, hole”). Doublet of cave and cavus.
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