"ankhus" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "ankhuses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "ankhus (plural ankhuses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "word": "ankus"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993, Numismatica e antichità classiche - Volume 22, page 181",
          "text": "If his argument on this issue is found at fault, and the traditional division (Coinage with king with spear = Azes I, coinage with king holding ankhus [the object is not a whip as it is often assumed] = Azes II) is vindicated, all other conclusions by Senior must be revised.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, John M. Kistler, War Elephants, page 23",
          "text": "The mahout used his feet and an ankhus to direct the elephant, as his voice might not be heard in the din of combat.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, John Kistler, Animals in the Military: From Hannibal's Elephants to the Dolphins of the U.S. Navy, page 60",
          "text": "He used a hook in one hand, called an ankhus, to guide the elephant when voice and foot commands were not enough.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of ankus"
      ],
      "id": "en-ankhus-en-noun-HR-pwXcR",
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          "ankus#English"
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  "word": "ankhus"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ankhuses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ankhus (plural ankhuses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "ankus"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993, Numismatica e antichità classiche - Volume 22, page 181",
          "text": "If his argument on this issue is found at fault, and the traditional division (Coinage with king with spear = Azes I, coinage with king holding ankhus [the object is not a whip as it is often assumed] = Azes II) is vindicated, all other conclusions by Senior must be revised.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, John M. Kistler, War Elephants, page 23",
          "text": "The mahout used his feet and an ankhus to direct the elephant, as his voice might not be heard in the din of combat.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, John Kistler, Animals in the Military: From Hannibal's Elephants to the Dolphins of the U.S. Navy, page 60",
          "text": "He used a hook in one hand, called an ankhus, to guide the elephant when voice and foot commands were not enough.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of ankus"
      ],
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          "ankus#English"
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  "word": "ankhus"
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