"nodus" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-ca-nodus.oga [US] Forms: nodi [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊdəs Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nōdus (“a knot”). Doublet of knot, knout, and node. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|nōdus||a knot}} Latin nōdus (“a knot”), {{doublet|en|knot|knout|node}} Doublet of knot, knout, and node Head templates: {{en-noun|nodi}} nodus (plural nodi)
  1. A difficulty.
    Sense id: en-nodus-en-noun-Ul~A6Egm
  2. (zoology) In the Odonata, a prominent crossvein near the centre of the leading edge of a wing. Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-nodus-en-noun-lOehBUWw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nodal

Inflected forms

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