"epimacus" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: epimacuses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} epimacus (plural epimacuses)
  1. (rare) Synonym of opinicus. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Heraldry, Mythological creatures Synonyms: opinicus [synonym, synonym-of]

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          "ref": "1770 December 28, [Anna, Lady Miller], “Letter XXIX.”, in Letters from Italy, Describing the Manners, Customs, Antiquities, Paintings, &c. of That Country, in the Years mdcclxx and mdcclxxi, to a Friend Residing in France, by an English Woman, volume II, London: […] Edward and Charles Dilly, published 1776, pages 117–118",
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          "text": "On another shield is engraved the Company’s crest—an epimacus, an imaginary beast resembling a griffin.",
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