See canthus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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[
"corner of the eye",
"corner of the eye"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(anatomy) corner of the eye"
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"anatomy",
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈkan.tʰʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkan.tus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "canthus"
}
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