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cockspur

noun

Meaning

  1. A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock.
  2. A kind of grass (Echinochloa crus-galli).
  3. A kind of hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli).

Etymology / origin

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Related words

orchard grass(English)cocksfoot(English)dactylis glomerata(English)pisonia aculeata(English)spur(English)gaffle(English)footspur(English)spurlet(English)barnyard(English)pall(English)trafalgar(English)thorn(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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