Ancora

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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In zoology, one of the anchor-shaped calcareous spicules which are attached to and protrude from the flat perforated calcareous plates in the integument of echinoderms of the genus Synapta. They are used in locomotion.
  • Again: formerly used like encore (which see).
  • Word Usage
    "I was irritated by this barbarous spelling, and told him that for four centuries 'ancora' had been spelt without an 'h'."
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