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Webster 1913 Edition


Cardo

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Car′do

(kär′dō̍)
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Noun.
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pl.
Cardines
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[L., a hinge.]
(Zool.)
(a)
The basal joint of the maxilla in insects.
(b)
The hinge of a bivalve shell.