Glaucus

noun

Glau·​cus

ˈglȯkəs

: a genus of slender elongate pelagic nudibranchs with three pairs of lateral lobes see sea lizard

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, gleaming, gray

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Rhymes for Glaucus

• caucus
• coccus
• glaucous
• raucous
• cryptococcus
• diplococcus
• gonococcus
• micrococcus
• pneumococcus
• streptococcus
• echinococcus
• enterococcus