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6 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• jynx n. A bird, the wryneck, once thought a bird of ill omen (Jynx torquilla).
• jynx n. (Transferred sense) A charm or spell.
• jynx n. The name of an order of spiritual intelligences in ancient “Chaldaic” philosophy.

— International convention —

• Jynx prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Picidae – the wrynecks.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• jynx s. (Ornitologia) torcicolo, nome comum a duas espécies de picapau (Jynx torquilla e Jynx ruficollis), antigamente…
• jynx s. (Por derivação) maldição; praga.

27 English words from 4 English definitions

ancient bird bird␣of␣ill␣omen Chaldaic charm family genus ill intelligences Jynx name of␣an omen once order philosophy sense spell spiritual taxonomic the thought Transferred Transferred␣sense within wryneck wrynecks

3 English words from 2 foreign definitions

duas Jynx nome

10 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

antigamente comum derivação espécies maldição Ornitologia picapau Por praga torcicolo

2 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Nyx NYX

5 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

iynx jinx jyng lynx Lynx

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