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LIMBUS (limbi)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does limbus mean?
• LIMBUS (noun)
The noun LIMBUS has 1 sense:
1. a border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structure
Familiarity information: LIMBUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("limbus" is a kind of...):
anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)
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