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kern(dictionary)
kern(4)(dictionary)
kern(3)(dictionary)
kern(1)(dictionary)
Kern, Jerome(dictionary)
Kern Valley Hospital(health)
Kern Medical Center(health)
KERN Credit Union(finance)
Kern, Jerome (David)(encyclopedia)

mygalomorph (iou) and kern(1) (iou)


mygalomorph (iou)



mygalomorph adjective & noun. E20.
[mod. Latin Mygalomorphae (see below), formed as MYGALE: see -O-, -MORPH.]
Zoology.
A. adjective. Of or pertaining to the suborder Orthognatha (formerly Mygalomorphae) of (mainly large) spiders, including bird spiders, American tarantulas, funnel-web spiders, and trapdoor spiders. E20.
b. noun. A mygalomorph spider. M20.

kern(1) (iou)



kern noun1. Also kerne. Pl. -s, same. LME.
[Irish ceithearn from Old Irish ceithern band of foot-soldiers. Cf. earlier CATERAN.]
Hist. A light-armed Irish foot-soldier. Formerly also a band of kerns. LME.
A rustic, a peasant. arch. L15.