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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ONYCHA

n.[from Gr. ] Supposed to be the odoriferous shell of the onyxfish, or the onyx. Exodus 3 :34.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ONYCHA

On "y *cha, n. Etym: [NL. , from L. onyx, -ychis, onyx, also, a kind of mussel, Gr. Onyx. ]

 

1. An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus. Ex. xxx. 34.

 

2. The precious stone called onyx. [R.]

 

Duden Dictionary

Onychatrophie

Ony ch a tro phie, Onych atro phie Substantiv, feminin Medizin , die |Onychatroph ie |die Onychatrophie; Genitiv: der Onychatrophie griechisch-neulateinisch Verkümmerung der Nägel