colmillo
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin columellus (“canine tooth, tusk”) (attested in Isidore of Seville), masculine variant of columella (literally “small column, pillar”), diminutive of columna (“column”). Used Classically to refer to the grinding teeth of horses in Varro and Pliny in the form columellārēs dentēs (literally “pillar-formed teeth”).
Pronunciation edit
- Syllabification: col‧mi‧llo
Noun edit
colmillo m (plural colmillos)
- (teeth) canine tooth
- tusk, fang
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Further reading edit
- “colmillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014