| BOMBYX | • bombyx n. Any member of the genus Bombyx of true silkmoths, whose caterpillars often feed on mulberries. • Bombyx prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Bombycidae – silkworms. • BOMBYX n. (Greek) a moth of the genus Bombyx, which includes the silkworm moth. |
| CARNYX | • carnyx n. (Music, historical) A bronze wind instrument used by Iron Age Celts (C. 200 B.C.E. – 200 C.E.) as a… • CARNYX n. a long war trumpet used by the Celts. |
| COCCYX | • coccyx n. (Medicine, formal) The final (bottom-most) fused vertebrae at the base of the spine, the tailbone. • COCCYX n. (Greek) a bone of the spine. |
| MYXOID | • myxoid adj. Pertaining to or resembling mucus. • MYXOID adj. containing mucus. |
| MYXOMA | • myxoma n. A tumor consisting of primitive connective tissue and mucous elements. • MYXOMA n. (Greek) a tumour composed of mucous tissue. |
| ONYXES | • onyxes n. Plural of onyx. • ONYX n. a form of chalcedony consisting of plane layers of different colours. |
| ORYXES | • oryxes n. Plural of oryx. • ORYX n. a kind of African antelope. |
| PTYXES | • ptyxes n. Plural of ptyxis. • PTYXIS n. (Greek) a type of leaf folding in a bud. |
| PTYXIS | • ptyxis n. (Botany) The way in which an individual leaf is folded in the bud. • PTYXIS n. (Greek) a type of leaf folding in a bud. |
| PYXIES | • pyxies n. Plural of pyxie. • PYXIE n. a creeping evergreen shrub having small white or pinkish flowers, native to pine barrens of the eastern United States. |
| PYXING | • pyxing n. Gerund of pyx: the act of depositing (sample coins) in a pyx; (by extension) the process of testing… • pyxing v. Present participle of pyx. • PYX v. to test newly minted coins. |