"mino" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɪnəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmiːnəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɪnoʊ/ [General-American], /ˈmiːnəʊ/ [General-American] Forms: mino [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 蓑 (mino). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|ja|蓑|tr=mino}} Borrowed from Japanese 蓑 (mino) Head templates: {{en-noun|mino}} mino (plural mino)
  1. (historical) A traditional Japanese raincoat made from straw. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-mino-en-noun-j2t5O0oK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈmaɪnəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmaɪnoʊ/ [General-American] Forms: minos [plural]
Etymology: Presumably originally a hypercorrection of myna under the assumption that it had been subjected to the reduction of unstressed final /əʊ///oʊ/ common in nonstandard English varieties (compare fella, winda; in thorough and (-)borough such reduction is standard as these words are often unstressed). Head templates: {{en-noun}} mino (plural minos)
  1. Archaic form of myna (“type of bird”). Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: myna (extra: type of bird) Derived forms: mino bird
    Sense id: en-mino-en-noun-wk6d55qf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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