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ecthyma (iou) and shearwater (iou)


ecthyma (iou)



ecthyma noun. M19.
[mod. Latin from Greek ekthuma, from ekthnein break out as heat or bodily humours.]
Medicine. An ulcerative impetigo affecting also lower layers of the skin.

shearwater (iou)



shearwater noun. M17.
[from SHEAR verb + WATER noun.]
Any of a number of sea birds of the family Procellariidae, related to petrels, which habitually skim low over the open sea with wings outstretched. M17.
MANX shearwater. sooty shearwater: see SOOTY adjective.
The black skimmer, Rhynchops nigra. US. L18.