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glaucus.

Any member of the genus Glaucus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea, strikingly colored with blue and silvery white.

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noun/ˈɡlɔːkəs/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡlɔkəs/General-American/ˈɡlɑkəs/cot-caught-merger
  1. Any member of the genus Glaucus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea, strikingly colored with blue and silvery white.

  2. A desert lime (Citrus glauca), a thorny shrub species endemic to semi-arid regions of Australia.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from translingual Glaucus, from Latin glaucus, from Ancient Greek γλαῦκος (glaûkos, “blue-grey fish”), from γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”).

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