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moc

Pronunciation: [ˈmuk]

“moc” is a Catalan word. Its 9 meanings in English:

noun

  1. mucus, phlegm
  2. snot
  3. candle drippings
  4. snub, rebuff
  5. snood (the flap of erectile red skin on the beak of a male turkey)
  6. martingale (spar used to strengthen the bowsprit)
  7. catkin
  8. big salp (Salpa maxima) (type of fish)
  9. vase, pitcher

In Catalan

  1. Humor viscós segregat per la mucosa nasal.
  2. Humor que penja del nas.
  3. miquel
  4. gerro, pitxer

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mŭccus, an alternative form of mūcus, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”).

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