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onisc, oniscus, -oniscus Greek a wood louse<br />

onites of asses, from Greek ονος-ιτης, onos-ites, used by Dioscorides of an ass or donkey.<br />

Onĩtis Greek Ὀνῖτις, oregano.<br />

ono- Greek an ass, from ονος, onos, ass; a beaker<br />

ono- referring to a donkey or ass, as in Equus hemionus, the onager or hemi-onus, ‘half-ass’, from Greek ,<br />

and ονος, onos, ass .<br />

onobrychioides onobrychis-like<br />

onobrychis (on-oh-BRY-kiss) New Latin, from Greek onobrychis, a leguminous plant, from ονος, onos, ass,<br />

and brycho, -brychis, from brykein, brychein, to eat greedily, gnash the teeth, referring to its use as hay.<br />

Onoclea (o-NOK-lee-a) from the Greek onokleia, name used by Dioscorides for some probably<br />

boraginaceous plant from Greek onos, a vessel, and kleio, kleios, kleien, to close, refering to the pinnules of<br />

fertile fronds curling round the sori, enclosing them.<br />

onom-, onoma, -onoma, onomat, onomato Greek a name<br />

onon-, ononis, -ononis Greek a leguminous plant<br />

Ononis New Latin, from Greek onōnis restharrow, a genus of European leguminous herbs, somewhat woody,<br />

that resemble clovers and have red or yellow solitary or clustered flowers<br />

ononoides resembling Ononis, Rest-harrow.<br />

Onopordum, Onorpurdon New Latin ass-fart, from Greek onopordon, name for cotton thistle, from Greek<br />

ονος, onos, ass, and pordon, from pordē, breaking wind, the expulsion of intestinal gas, meaning <strong>with</strong> the<br />

aroma of the south end of a north-bound donkey. (Compositae)<br />

onosma, -onosma Greek, from ονος, onos, ass, an ass smell, or a smell that asses like.<br />

Onosma donkey smell, an odor which donkeys supposedly favor<br />

onosmiflorus having flowers similar to those of Onosma, Button-root.<br />

Onosmodium ass-smell, by inference, having the smell of an ass, or a smell donkeys find appealing, New<br />

Latin, irregular from Greek onosma, a boraginaceous plant, from ονος, onos, ass, and -osma, from osmē odor,<br />

and -ωδης, -odes, and -ius -ia -ium, Latin adjectival suffix meaning ‘characteristic of’, indicating a connection<br />

or resemblance; in reference to the root?; from a resemblance to Onosma.<br />

onoticus <strong>with</strong> donkey’s or ass’ ears.<br />

ontarionis -is -e, ontariensis of Ontario, Canada<br />

onto- Greek being, existing<br />

ontolepis producing scales, from and Greek λεπίς, λεπιδο-, lepis, lepido-, scale.<br />

onus, -onus Latin a burden; burdened, from classical Latin onus, oneris n., load, burden, or cargo, from the<br />

same Indo-European base as Sanskrit anas, wagon, wagonload<br />

onus probandi the burden of proof, from classical Latin onus probandī, the burden of proving, from onus,<br />

oneris n., a load, burden, or cargo and probandī, genitive of gerund of probāre, to prove.<br />

onustus -a -um overloaded, laden, from Latin adjective onustus -a -um.<br />

onych-, onycho Greek a claw, nail<br />

-onym Greek a name<br />

onyx, -onyx, onyxi Greek a claw, nail<br />

oo Greek an egg<br />

oocarpus <strong>with</strong> egg-shaped fruit.<br />

oocephalus <strong>with</strong> an egg-shaped head, from and Greek κεφαλή, kephale, head.<br />

oodeo, oodes, oodeus Greek egg-shaped<br />

oolentangiensis -is -e of or pertaining to, and by extension, growing near the Oolentangy (Olentangy,<br />

Oleutangy) River in Ohio. In 1833, the Ohio legislature voted to restore original Native American names to<br />

some Ohio rivers, hence oolentangiensis and muskingumensis.<br />

Oönopsis Greek oön, egg, and ancient Greek ὄψις, opsis, appearance, resembling, sight, view, referring to a<br />

perceived egglike appearance of heads.<br />

oophor Greek an ovary<br />

oophorus bearing eggs.<br />

oothelis <strong>with</strong> egg-shaped warts.<br />

op Latin reversed, against<br />

op, ops, -ops Greek the face, appearance; the voice<br />

opac Latin shaded, dull<br />

opacus shaded, dark, opaque, <strong>with</strong> a dull surface.<br />

opal, opalin, opalo, opalus, -opalus Greek an opal

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